02:14Thousands of Yerevan residents took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Footage from the scene captured police officers detaining protesters and leading them away to awaiting vehicles.
According to reports citing the Interior Ministry of the Republic, Yerevan police detained 63 individuals for failing to comply with lawful police demands under Article 182 'Administrative Offences' of the Code of the Republic of Armenia. All detainees were subsequently released.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), reportedly organised the protest. Earlier, on May 10, he indicated that opposition party factions would initiate impeachment proceedings against Pashinyan over territorial concessions to Baku.
The protest march reportedly began on May 4 from the border village of Kirants. Last week, Pashinyan stated his refusal to heed the protesters' demands.
"You say stop the process, but what will happen after that? There will only be one thing - a war will break out. At least by analysing who is reacting to this process and how, I am sure that this was the goal - to prevent delimitation, the inevitable consequence of which will be war," the prime minister remarked.
On April 19, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced that four villages - Baghanis Ayrum, Ashaghi Askipara, Kheyrimli and Ghizilhajili - would be transferred to Baku.
Following 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 a '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.
Baku claims sovereignty over the territory, while last year the Yerevan government recognised Azerbaijan’s claim - but also called for protection for the region's ethnic Armenians.
Police detains dozens of Yerevan protesters during rally against border delimitation talks with Azerbaijan
Thousands of Yerevan residents took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Footage from the scene captured police officers detaining protesters and leading them away to awaiting vehicles.
According to reports citing the Interior Ministry of the Republic, Yerevan police detained 63 individuals for failing to comply with lawful police demands under Article 182 'Administrative Offences' of the Code of the Republic of Armenia. All detainees were subsequently released.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), reportedly organised the protest. Earlier, on May 10, he indicated that opposition party factions would initiate impeachment proceedings against Pashinyan over territorial concessions to Baku.
The protest march reportedly began on May 4 from the border village of Kirants. Last week, Pashinyan stated his refusal to heed the protesters' demands.
"You say stop the process, but what will happen after that? There will only be one thing - a war will break out. At least by analysing who is reacting to this process and how, I am sure that this was the goal - to prevent delimitation, the inevitable consequence of which will be war," the prime minister remarked.
On April 19, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced that four villages - Baghanis Ayrum, Ashaghi Askipara, Kheyrimli and Ghizilhajili - would be transferred to Baku.
Following 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 a '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.
Baku claims sovereignty over the territory, while last year the Yerevan government recognised Azerbaijan’s claim - but also called for protection for the region's ethnic Armenians.
Thousands of Yerevan residents took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Footage from the scene captured police officers detaining protesters and leading them away to awaiting vehicles.
According to reports citing the Interior Ministry of the Republic, Yerevan police detained 63 individuals for failing to comply with lawful police demands under Article 182 'Administrative Offences' of the Code of the Republic of Armenia. All detainees were subsequently released.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), reportedly organised the protest. Earlier, on May 10, he indicated that opposition party factions would initiate impeachment proceedings against Pashinyan over territorial concessions to Baku.
The protest march reportedly began on May 4 from the border village of Kirants. Last week, Pashinyan stated his refusal to heed the protesters' demands.
"You say stop the process, but what will happen after that? There will only be one thing - a war will break out. At least by analysing who is reacting to this process and how, I am sure that this was the goal - to prevent delimitation, the inevitable consequence of which will be war," the prime minister remarked.
On April 19, the Armenian Foreign Ministry announced that four villages - Baghanis Ayrum, Ashaghi Askipara, Kheyrimli and Ghizilhajili - would be transferred to Baku.
Following 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 a '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.
Baku claims sovereignty over the territory, while last year the Yerevan government recognised Azerbaijan’s claim - but also called for protection for the region's ethnic Armenians.