Protests turned violent in Armenia + video

According to Fars News Agency’s International Service, local media reported that opposition groups in Armenia began widespread protests earlier today (Monday), blocking the main and central streets of Yerevan and demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. .

“The police have received a political order and therefore are trying to use force, but this will not stop us and will not stop us,” Armenian lawyer Tigran Abramyan told reporters, according to the Russian news agency Tass, quoting local sources. “

According to the report, the Armenian special police forces have started arresting the supporters of the opposition groups and clashes between the police forces have taken place in different places all over Yerevan and about 10 main streets in the Armenian capital have been blocked so far and heavy traffic is flowing. The present has arisen throughout the city.

Protests against Pashinyan enter its second day as thousands of opponents of the ruling Armenian government demonstrated in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, yesterday (Sunday) to warn the government against granting concessions to the Republic of Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Give.

Opposition parties have accused Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of plotting to hand over all of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan.

The war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region ended on November 9, 2020 with a ceasefire agreement signed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, with Russia acting as mediator. .

However, the two countries still have problems at the border, and the two sides often accuse each other of violating the ceasefire.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, last Friday made allegations about the recent war with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, saying that Russia supplied weapons to Armenia through Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran during the 2020 war between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan. .

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