President Armen Sarkissian refused to approve Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s motion on dismissing the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan. The President returned the motion with objections, his office said.
t is the democratic processes that ensure the barring of intolerance, curbing of tensions, and guarantee the development of events within conditions of solidarity.
“We are extremely concerned by recent developments in Armenia,” said Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, Boriana Aberg (Sweden, EPP/CD) and Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland, SOC).
The biggest casualty of the 2020 Karabakh war may be Armenian democracy. Historically democracy spilled over into Armenia from the Karabakh protests of 1988. Key political events’ roots are often found in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The opposition blocked Baghramyan Avenue in Armenia’s capital Yerevan.
Prosperous Armenia faction initiated a special session today at 6 p.m. to annul martial law in the country and discuss the created situation.
The top brass of the Armenian military is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his Cabinet.
The prospects are bleak for Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh. There is no sign that Azerbaijan is willing to leave them in peace. Baku does not tolerate genuine autonomy to ethnic Armenians.
During the march organized by opposition forces last evening, journalist Artak Khulyan and cameraman Karen Chilingaryan from the editorial office of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Armenian Service in Yerevan and certain citizens participating in the march were involved in an inadmissible incident (Khulyan and Chilingaryan were performing their professional duties at the given moment).
Russia-based media magnate and publisher Aram Gabrielyanov shared the following story on his Telegram channel:
