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Thousands of anti-government protesters held a march demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on Sunday.
Footage shows the protesters marching through the streets of the city with the country's flags and posters. The video also features demonstrators trying to break through a police cordon to the National Assembly building.
The press service of the 'Tavush for the Homeland' movement said that law enforcement officers also blocked the way of 'Armenia' and 'Honour I Have' faction MPs Artur Sargsyan and Tigran Abrahamyan.
Bagrat Galstanyan, head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, called on citizens to hold four days of continuous rallies to demand the resignation of the government and the formation of a new cabinet. Opposition factions are expected to initiate an extraordinary session of parliament on 11 June.
At the time of publication, there was no official information about the detentions.
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 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.
Thousands rally in Yerevan demanding Prime Minister Pashinyan's resignation
Thousands of anti-government protesters held a march demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on Sunday.
Footage shows the protesters marching through the streets of the city with the country's flags and posters. The video also features demonstrators trying to break through a police cordon to the National Assembly building.
The press service of the 'Tavush for the Homeland' movement said that law enforcement officers also blocked the way of 'Armenia' and 'Honour I Have' faction MPs Artur Sargsyan and Tigran Abrahamyan.
Bagrat Galstanyan, head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, called on citizens to hold four days of continuous rallies to demand the resignation of the government and the formation of a new cabinet. Opposition factions are expected to initiate an extraordinary session of parliament on 11 June.
At the time of publication, there was no official information about the detentions.
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 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.
Mandatory credit: 00:00 - 00:53 - Telegram channel @alphanewsam
Thousands of anti-government protesters held a march demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan on Sunday.
Footage shows the protesters marching through the streets of the city with the country's flags and posters. The video also features demonstrators trying to break through a police cordon to the National Assembly building.
The press service of the 'Tavush for the Homeland' movement said that law enforcement officers also blocked the way of 'Armenia' and 'Honour I Have' faction MPs Artur Sargsyan and Tigran Abrahamyan.
Bagrat Galstanyan, head of the Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, called on citizens to hold four days of continuous rallies to demand the resignation of the government and the formation of a new cabinet. Opposition factions are expected to initiate an extraordinary session of parliament on 11 June.
At the time of publication, there was no official information about the detentions.
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 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.