Clashes with police broke out in Yerevan and protesters were detained near the parliament building.
Protesting against the country’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan regarding the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian citizens gathered in front of the Council of Ministers building in the center of Yerevan, where the government meeting is currently held. According to this TASSWe’re talking about a few hundred people.
“Clashes with the police and harsh arrests… The police are simply hurting people,” he wrote. telegram channel Mika Badalyan, leader of the popular movement “Azatagrum” (“Liberation”).
According to him, students from the branch of Moscow State University in Yerevan, as well as students from a French university, also participated in the strike.
On September 19, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense announced the start of a local anti-terrorism operation in Nagorno-Karabakh. It was stated that the aim of the operation was to suppress “large-scale provocations” as well as to disarm and withdraw Armenian army units from the region.
In response, the Armenian Ministry of Defense rejected Azerbaijan’s statements that Armenian troops still remain in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation called on the parties to the conflict to immediately cease fire and resume negotiations.
Previously Yerevan police detained The leader of the Main Armenia party is Andranik Tevanyan.