Khloé Kardashian on Saturday thanked President Joe Biden on social media for being the first US president to officially recognize the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as a genocide.

"Thank you for honoring the stories, the pain, suffering and loss of the Armenian people," the reality TV star and entrepreneur of Armenian descent wrote on Instagram. "Today we honor our ancestors on Armenian Remembrance Day."

Biden, risking a potential fracture with longtime regional ally and NATO partner Turkey, issued a statement marking the 106th anniversary of the start of the massacre.