٠٠:٠١:٥١Tens of thousands of Yerevan residents took to the streets on Thursday demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Drone footage shows a huge crowd of people gathering on the city's central Republic Square and waving Armenian flags.
According to media reports, the demonstrators were demanding the start of impeachment proceedings against Pashinyan over his decisions to start border delimitation proceedings with Azerbaijan and to hand over four settlements to Baku.
The local residents reportedly started the protest march on Saturday, May 4, from the border village of Kirants. One of the rally organisers, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, said that the protesters would remain on the streets until Pashinyan steps down.
On Tuesday, Pashinyan said he would not comply with such 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 said.
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.
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 protesters demand PM’s resignation in Yerevan amid territorial disputes with Azerbaijan
Tens of thousands of Yerevan residents took to the streets on Thursday demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Drone footage shows a huge crowd of people gathering on the city's central Republic Square and waving Armenian flags.
According to media reports, the demonstrators were demanding the start of impeachment proceedings against Pashinyan over his decisions to start border delimitation proceedings with Azerbaijan and to hand over four settlements to Baku.
The local residents reportedly started the protest march on Saturday, May 4, from the border village of Kirants. One of the rally organisers, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, said that the protesters would remain on the streets until Pashinyan steps down.
On Tuesday, Pashinyan said he would not comply with such 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 said.
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.
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.
Tens of thousands of Yerevan residents took to the streets on Thursday demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Drone footage shows a huge crowd of people gathering on the city's central Republic Square and waving Armenian flags.
According to media reports, the demonstrators were demanding the start of impeachment proceedings against Pashinyan over his decisions to start border delimitation proceedings with Azerbaijan and to hand over four settlements to Baku.
The local residents reportedly started the protest march on Saturday, May 4, from the border village of Kirants. One of the rally organisers, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, said that the protesters would remain on the streets until Pashinyan steps down.
On Tuesday, Pashinyan said he would not comply with such 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 said.
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.
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.