Thousands of people take to the streets of the Armenian capital to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian
They demand the resignation of the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashiniandue to its government’s decision to cede control of border villages to Azerbaijan, Armenia’s long-time rival.
The demonstrators, led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanian, a senior official of the Armenian Church, traveled on foot a distance of approximately 160 kilometers from villages near the border with Azerbaijan to Yerevan. There, they gathered at Place de la République, where they waved national flags and chanted slogans. Bagrat Galstanyantook to a stage and addressed the crowd.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought two wars since the demise of the Soviet Union. In April, Armenian authorities assured that they would return border villages to Azerbaijan, after the latter launched a military campaign last fall in Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnically Armenian majority region located on Azerbaijani territory. .