In a newsletter published by the Egyptian news website Veto Gate, the vice president of Iraq, Nouri Al-Maliki accuses Turkish President RT Erdogan to kill Iraqis as their ancestors killed Armenians hundred years ago .

At a meeting with the Orthodox Bishop of the Armenian community, he expressed great sympathy for the Armenians and the injustice they have suffered at the hands of Ottoman rule, stressing the need not to repeat the tragedy.