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Biden speaks to Erdogan in first contact since inauguration

Biden speaks to Erdogan in first contact since inauguration

US President Joe Biden spoke on the phone with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, in the first-ever contact between the two leaders since Biden’s inauguration in January.

The phone call comes a day before Biden is expected to recognize the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide. 

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