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Thousands of people protest in Armenia over the war with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Protesters have sent an ultimatum to the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, to resign before midnight on Thursday, as he called for an end to the fighting. Nicole Pashinyan has already rejected this ultimatum.
Meanwhile, the Armenian opposition parties have demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. An emergency session of the Armenian parliament is expected to be convened soon to determine Pashinyan’s political future, under pressure from opposition political parties.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have reached a Russian-mediated agreement to end the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh war. Under the agreement, Russia sent troops to keep the peace in Nagorno-Karabakh. Meanwhile, Turkey has said its troops will also work with Russia to keep the peace in Nagorno-Karabakh. An agreement has been reached between Russia and Turkey.
Although the Nagorno-Karabakh region is located within Azerbaijan, it is controlled by Armenian separatists under the auspices of the Yerevan government. In the late 1970s, conflicts began between Armenia and Azerbaijan for control of the region. The conflict culminated in the fall of the former Soviet Union in 1991. Until the ceasefire between the two parties was established in 1994, 30,000 people died in the fighting. Subsequently, in early 2016, the two parties also became involved in the conflict.
The old conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region resumed on September 26.
Ittefaq / AR
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