"Is evaluating history the business of politicians? How many in that room could point out where Armenia is," said Erdogan during a Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkey, or TUSKON.

"So who won? Did the US win? Did Armenia?" he said reffering to the outcome of the 23-22 vote of the Committe on Foreign Affairs.

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday endorsed a resolution calling for Washington’s recognition of World War I-era killings of Armenians during the last days of the Ottoman Empire as SO-CALLED “genocide.