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Obama himself has been under pressure to declare that the slaughter of Armenians that began in 1915 under the Ottoman Empire was a genocide. He pledged to do so during the campaign, but has not taken the step since taking office, disappointing the Armenian-American community.
Obama is expected to release an annual presidential statement on Friday, which is regarded as the 94 anniversary of beginning of the killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians from 1915 to 1923.
Obama said during a trip to Turkey this month that he does not want to take steps that could jeopardize the ongoing negotiations between Turkey and Armenia to normalize relations, of which the genocide issue is a key part.