Almost 100 people were taken to police stations from the protests in Yerevan, the press service of the police told RIA Novosti. The protesters demanded the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan because of the statement he signed to end hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. The opposition demanded that Mr. Pashinyan resign before 12:00 on December 8 (11:00 Moscow time).
“90 people were delivered to the Yerevan police stations on December 8,” the source said. They also interfered with the work of the metro.
Earlier, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian called for early parliamentary elections in the country. In his words, the political crisis in Armenia after the signing of the peace agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh requires the resignation of the prime minister.
The document signed by Nikol Pashinyan provides for the transfer of a significant part of the region to Azerbaijan, the withdrawal of Armenian troops and the Russian peacekeeping mission.
For more details about the opposition’s demands, see the publication of Kommersant: “They say goodbye to the Armenian prime minister, but he does not leave”.
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