There was no allusion to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the statement.
President Biden honored the 107th anniversary of the beginning of the “Armenian genocide” on Sunday, stating a statement in commemoration of the 1.5 million Armenians who were “deported, slaughtered, or marched to their deaths in a campaign of extermination,” according to the White House statement.
There was no mention of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which Biden has described as genocide, in the statement, which was a surprise. In response to the United States and its allies arming Ukrainian separatists and slapping sanctions on Russia, President Biden used the opportunity to lay out some principles for foreign policy decision-making.