Turkey's Erdogan may call off U.S. trip after Congress votes to recognize genocide
* Congress votes on sanctions and genocide angered TurkeyANKARA, Nov 4 - President Tayyip Erdogan may call off a visit to Washington next week in protest at votes in the House of Representatives to recognise mass killings of Armenians a century ago as genocide and to seek sanctions on Turkey, three Turkish officials said.
Turkish sources say Trump and Erdogan have a strong bond despite anger in Congress over Turkey's Syria offensive and its purchase of Russian air defences, and despite what Ankara sees as the U.S. president's own erratic pronouncements. Although Trump appeared to clear the way for the incursion by withdrawing troops, the White House briefly imposed sanctions before lifting them after a deal to halt the fighting and clear the Kurdish fighters from the border.'POLITICAL TIMING'
Story continuesErdogan"will make a final decision soon, maybe in a few days," he told reporters after a cabinet meeting.
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