01:27A massive rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took place in Yerevan on Sunday.
Footage captures protesters gathering in Republic Square, burning smoke flares, while carrying flags and posters bearing slogans such as 'We want democracy, not dictatorship' and 'Pashinyan's government is a totalitarian regime'. The video also features Bagrat Galstanyan, leader of the 'Tavush for the Homeland' movement and head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, delivering a speech to the demonstrators from the stage.
Galstanyan called for four days of continuous rallies to demand the resignation of the government and a new cabinet to be formed. Opposition factions are expected to initiate an extraordinary session of parliament on 11 June.
Ongoing protests calling for Pashinyan to resign began as he conducted border talks with Azerbaijan and made certain territorial concessions.
Last month, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to delineate the border in the Tavush region and transfer control of the four villages - Baganis Ayrum, Ashaghy-Askipara, Kheirimli, and Kyzyl-Gajili - to Baku.
Pashinyan himself said that he would not comply with the protesters' demands to suspend the border process, warning that 'war will break out' if he did not continue.
The talks began after the long-running conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan retook control of the breakaway territory, a separatist area governed by ethnic Armenians, in September 2023.
It followed what Baku called a 'counter-terrorist operation' in the region, which Yerevan described as 'large-scale aggression'. Subsequently, Nagorno-Karabakh's government said the self-declared republic would cease to exist by January 2024, while many ethnic Armenians left the area.
'We want democracy, not dictatorship' - Protesters in Yerevan demand PM Pashinyan's resignation
A massive rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took place in Yerevan on Sunday.
Footage captures protesters gathering in Republic Square, burning smoke flares, while carrying flags and posters bearing slogans such as 'We want democracy, not dictatorship' and 'Pashinyan's government is a totalitarian regime'. The video also features Bagrat Galstanyan, leader of the 'Tavush for the Homeland' movement and head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, delivering a speech to the demonstrators from the stage.
Galstanyan called for four days of continuous rallies to demand the resignation of the government and a new cabinet to be formed. Opposition factions are expected to initiate an extraordinary session of parliament on 11 June.
Ongoing protests calling for Pashinyan to resign began as he conducted border talks with Azerbaijan and made certain territorial concessions.
Last month, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to delineate the border in the Tavush region and transfer control of the four villages - Baganis Ayrum, Ashaghy-Askipara, Kheirimli, and Kyzyl-Gajili - to Baku.
Pashinyan himself said that he would not comply with the protesters' demands to suspend the border process, warning that 'war will break out' if he did not continue.
The talks began after the long-running conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan retook control of the breakaway territory, a separatist area governed by ethnic Armenians, in September 2023.
It followed what Baku called a 'counter-terrorist operation' in the region, which Yerevan described as 'large-scale aggression'. Subsequently, Nagorno-Karabakh's government said the self-declared republic would cease to exist by January 2024, while many ethnic Armenians left the area.
A massive rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took place in Yerevan on Sunday.
Footage captures protesters gathering in Republic Square, burning smoke flares, while carrying flags and posters bearing slogans such as 'We want democracy, not dictatorship' and 'Pashinyan's government is a totalitarian regime'. The video also features Bagrat Galstanyan, leader of the 'Tavush for the Homeland' movement and head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, delivering a speech to the demonstrators from the stage.
Galstanyan called for four days of continuous rallies to demand the resignation of the government and a new cabinet to be formed. Opposition factions are expected to initiate an extraordinary session of parliament on 11 June.
Ongoing protests calling for Pashinyan to resign began as he conducted border talks with Azerbaijan and made certain territorial concessions.
Last month, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to delineate the border in the Tavush region and transfer control of the four villages - Baganis Ayrum, Ashaghy-Askipara, Kheirimli, and Kyzyl-Gajili - to Baku.
Pashinyan himself said that he would not comply with the protesters' demands to suspend the border process, warning that 'war will break out' if he did not continue.
The talks began after the long-running conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan retook control of the breakaway territory, a separatist area governed by ethnic Armenians, in September 2023.
It followed what Baku called a 'counter-terrorist operation' in the region, which Yerevan described as 'large-scale aggression'. Subsequently, Nagorno-Karabakh's government said the self-declared republic would cease to exist by January 2024, while many ethnic Armenians left the area.