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The protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan were renewed in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on Thursday, after the signing of an agreement to stop fighting in the Karabakh region.
And local media confirmed that dozens of opposition protesters closed one of the road crossings in the center of the capital, and were singing patriotic songs and chanting the slogan “Traidora Nicole!” Demand Pashinyan to renounce power.
Media reports indicated that the police intervened and expelled the protesters from the crossroads.
The “Sputnik-Armenia” agency reported that 24 protesters had been detained by the police, while the others continued their protests on other streets in the city center.
Earlier this month, Pashinyan signed the tripartite declaration with Russian Presidents Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani Ilham Aliyev regarding the ceasefire in Karabakh, which stipulates that the Azerbaijani side will maintain control over all areas it seized during the new round of military escalation and deployment of Russian peacekeepers. In the disputed territory.
Many Armenians saw in this document a declaration of surrender by the Yerevan government, but Pashinyan defended his decision and stated that he had no intention of leaving office.
Source: Agencies
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