01:56Mass protests continued near the Interior Ministry building in Yerevan, calling for the resignation of Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over ongoing territory negotiations with Azerbaijan.
Footage from Wednesday shows the crowd marching through the capital's streets, waving a banner and Armenian flags. The video also shows demonstrators lighting smoke flares outside the ministry building, while Foreign Minister Vahe Ghazaryan was spotted near a window. Armenian singer Gaya Arzumanyan also performed for the crowd.
The rally was led by Bagrat Galstanyan, the head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church. According to reports, he urged the minister to address the protesters' concerns and said they were willing to wait 'as long as necessary'.
Narek Sargsyan, a spokesperson for the department, stated that Ghazaryan was open to a meeting but 'not under the current circumstances'.
Protesters also called for an explanation after the police reportedly blocked Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, from visiting the Sardarapat Memorial on Republic Day. Pashinyan said the church leader was not invited.
Galstanyan has said that opposition factions are ready to initiate impeachment proceedings against the PM due to the territorial concessions made to Baku. Pashinyan himself said that he would not comply with the protesters' demands to suspend the border delimitation process, warning that 'war will break out' if he did not continue.
Last month, the two sides 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 Azerbaijan.
The talks began at the conclusion of 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.
Smoke and song! Yerevan protesters continue to call for PM to quit over Azerbaijan territory talks
Mass protests continued near the Interior Ministry building in Yerevan, calling for the resignation of Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over ongoing territory negotiations with Azerbaijan.
Footage from Wednesday shows the crowd marching through the capital's streets, waving a banner and Armenian flags. The video also shows demonstrators lighting smoke flares outside the ministry building, while Foreign Minister Vahe Ghazaryan was spotted near a window. Armenian singer Gaya Arzumanyan also performed for the crowd.
The rally was led by Bagrat Galstanyan, the head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church. According to reports, he urged the minister to address the protesters' concerns and said they were willing to wait 'as long as necessary'.
Narek Sargsyan, a spokesperson for the department, stated that Ghazaryan was open to a meeting but 'not under the current circumstances'.
Protesters also called for an explanation after the police reportedly blocked Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, from visiting the Sardarapat Memorial on Republic Day. Pashinyan said the church leader was not invited.
Galstanyan has said that opposition factions are ready to initiate impeachment proceedings against the PM due to the territorial concessions made to Baku. Pashinyan himself said that he would not comply with the protesters' demands to suspend the border delimitation process, warning that 'war will break out' if he did not continue.
Last month, the two sides 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 Azerbaijan.
The talks began at the conclusion of 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.
Mass protests continued near the Interior Ministry building in Yerevan, calling for the resignation of Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over ongoing territory negotiations with Azerbaijan.
Footage from Wednesday shows the crowd marching through the capital's streets, waving a banner and Armenian flags. The video also shows demonstrators lighting smoke flares outside the ministry building, while Foreign Minister Vahe Ghazaryan was spotted near a window. Armenian singer Gaya Arzumanyan also performed for the crowd.
The rally was led by Bagrat Galstanyan, the head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church. According to reports, he urged the minister to address the protesters' concerns and said they were willing to wait 'as long as necessary'.
Narek Sargsyan, a spokesperson for the department, stated that Ghazaryan was open to a meeting but 'not under the current circumstances'.
Protesters also called for an explanation after the police reportedly blocked Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, from visiting the Sardarapat Memorial on Republic Day. Pashinyan said the church leader was not invited.
Galstanyan has said that opposition factions are ready to initiate impeachment proceedings against the PM due to the territorial concessions made to Baku. Pashinyan himself said that he would not comply with the protesters' demands to suspend the border delimitation process, warning that 'war will break out' if he did not continue.
Last month, the two sides 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 Azerbaijan.
The talks began at the conclusion of 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.