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Internationally, twenty-one countries have recognized the tragedy as genocide, as have 32 U.S. states.<ref>[http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=542 see a 2004 statement by the governor of Montana at]</ref> This has been a problem in the Turkish-Armenian relationship, as well as the relationship with Israel, which is a close ally of Turkey, and the U.S., which has a very large an active Armenian population of Armenian descent, and tries to be friends with both Turkey (a NATO ally), and Armenia.
Internationally, twenty-one countries have recognized the tragedy as genocide, as have 32 U.S. states.<ref>[http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=542 see a 2004 statement by the governor of Montana at]</ref> This has been a problem in the Turkish-Armenian relationship, as well as the relationship with Israel, which is a close ally of Turkey, and the U.S., which has a very large an active Armenian population of Armenian descent, and tries to be friends with both Turkey (a NATO ally), and Armenia.
In 2007 a proposal<ref>[http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:hr106ih.txt.pdf See text at]</ref> to denounce the genocide was heatedly debated in the U.S. Congress, with the State Department and White House warning that passage would seriously damage relations between the U.S. and Turkey. the resolution did not pass, and President Obama visited Turkey in 2009 without incident.
In 2007 a proposal<ref>[http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:hr106ih.txt.pdf See text at]</ref> to denounce the genocide was heatedly debated in the U.S. Congress, with the State Department and White House warning that passage would seriously damage relations between the U.S. and Turkey. the resolution did not pass, and President Obama visited Turkey in 2009 without incident. Later, in 2019, both houses of Congress recognized the genocide.<ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/senate-adopts-resolution-recognising-armenian-genocide-191212181131178.html</ref>
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