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Opposition bloc 'Movement for the Salvation of the Motherland' accused authorities of attempting to provoke citizens during an anti-Pashinyan rally in front of the parliament building in Yerevan on Saturday.
"The authorities are trying to organise a provocation on Baghramyan Avenue, manipulating the issue of prisoners and missing persons, directing the feelings of their parents to some groups to the citizens gathered in front of the National Assembly building," according to the movement's official Facebook page.
"We call on the citizens not to give in to provocations, and we demand the police to control the situation, not to allow unwanted incidents and consequences to take place. Otherwise, the government is responsible for those consequences," the statement concluded.
Protesters demanding the resignation of the incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan can be seen chanting and listening to the speeches of the opposition leaders.
Protests against the prime minister flared up again on Thursday after a group of military officers wrote a letter asking the prime minister to step down.
Despite the renewed pressure, Pashinyan has refused to resign, called the army letter "an attempted coup" and tried to remove the Chief of the General Staff from office.
According to the President’s press-service, the President of Armenian Republic Armen Sarkissian did not sign Pashinyan’s order and returned the document to the Prime Minister.
Anti-Pashinyan protests originally began in November last year after he signed the Russian-brokered deal to end fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenian forces over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Under the terms of the trilateral agreement, a number of Nagorno-Karabakh districts were to be officially controlled by Azerbaijan.
Armenia: Opposition accuse authorities of 'provocation attempts' during Yerevan rally
Opposition bloc 'Movement for the Salvation of the Motherland' accused authorities of attempting to provoke citizens during an anti-Pashinyan rally in front of the parliament building in Yerevan on Saturday.
"The authorities are trying to organise a provocation on Baghramyan Avenue, manipulating the issue of prisoners and missing persons, directing the feelings of their parents to some groups to the citizens gathered in front of the National Assembly building," according to the movement's official Facebook page.
"We call on the citizens not to give in to provocations, and we demand the police to control the situation, not to allow unwanted incidents and consequences to take place. Otherwise, the government is responsible for those consequences," the statement concluded.
Protesters demanding the resignation of the incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan can be seen chanting and listening to the speeches of the opposition leaders.
Protests against the prime minister flared up again on Thursday after a group of military officers wrote a letter asking the prime minister to step down.
Despite the renewed pressure, Pashinyan has refused to resign, called the army letter "an attempted coup" and tried to remove the Chief of the General Staff from office.
According to the President’s press-service, the President of Armenian Republic Armen Sarkissian did not sign Pashinyan’s order and returned the document to the Prime Minister.
Anti-Pashinyan protests originally began in November last year after he signed the Russian-brokered deal to end fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenian forces over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Under the terms of the trilateral agreement, a number of Nagorno-Karabakh districts were to be officially controlled by Azerbaijan.
Note: Music at source may be subject to copyright
Opposition bloc 'Movement for the Salvation of the Motherland' accused authorities of attempting to provoke citizens during an anti-Pashinyan rally in front of the parliament building in Yerevan on Saturday.
"The authorities are trying to organise a provocation on Baghramyan Avenue, manipulating the issue of prisoners and missing persons, directing the feelings of their parents to some groups to the citizens gathered in front of the National Assembly building," according to the movement's official Facebook page.
"We call on the citizens not to give in to provocations, and we demand the police to control the situation, not to allow unwanted incidents and consequences to take place. Otherwise, the government is responsible for those consequences," the statement concluded.
Protesters demanding the resignation of the incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan can be seen chanting and listening to the speeches of the opposition leaders.
Protests against the prime minister flared up again on Thursday after a group of military officers wrote a letter asking the prime minister to step down.
Despite the renewed pressure, Pashinyan has refused to resign, called the army letter "an attempted coup" and tried to remove the Chief of the General Staff from office.
According to the President’s press-service, the President of Armenian Republic Armen Sarkissian did not sign Pashinyan’s order and returned the document to the Prime Minister.
Anti-Pashinyan protests originally began in November last year after he signed the Russian-brokered deal to end fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenian forces over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Under the terms of the trilateral agreement, a number of Nagorno-Karabakh districts were to be officially controlled by Azerbaijan.