Speaker of Parliament Ara Babloyan had a meeting overnight with MP Sasun Michaelyan, MP Ararat Mirzoyan and MP Nikol Pashinyan – after the three lawmakers were placed under arrest. As required by law, the Speaker was immediately notified about the arrest.
Amid the ongoing protests in Armenia, First Deputy PM Karen Karapetyan has called on everyone for soberness and vigilance.
First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan has reacted to arguments of the opposition who claim that Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan’s remarks about the March 1, 2008 events during today’s meeting with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was a threat of a repetition of those events.
The US Embassy in Armenia released a statement on the ongoing unrest in Yerevan as the demonstrations entered a 10th day.
Starting from mid-April 21 the tension in the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact was maintained also overnight April 22, the Defense Army of Artsakh reported.
In a statement on behalf of High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission Federica Mogherini, the EU has attached importance to dialogue in the ongoing unrest in Armenia.
The defense ministry of Artsakh has released footage showing Azerbaijani manpower and military equipment movements and accumulations in the line of contact.
Amid the ongoing protests in Yerevan, President Armen Sarkissian released a new statement. Earlier the president personally visited the heavily overcrowded Republic Square in Yerevan on Saturday to meet with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan.
Members of Parliament Nikol Pashinyan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Sasun Michaelyan have been arrested under Article 96, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution within the framework of an ongoing criminal case with the purpose of preventing crime and in direct suspicion of deliberately organizing and holding illegal rallies
First deputy prime minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan issued a statement over the April 22 meeting between Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan and opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan, noting that Pashinyan’s position from the very start was unconstructive and was not supposing a desire to come to an agreement.
