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The Armenian opposition called on its supporters to join the national strike on December 22.
Thousands of Armenians marched in Yerevan to honor the memory of those killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, in which Azerbaijan achieved significant territorial successes.
Reported by Reuters.
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The conflict and Armenian casualties have intensified pressure on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, whom the opposition accuses of improperly resolving the conflict, agreeing to a Russian-brokered ceasefire last month. Citizens continue to demand his resignation.
Pashinyan led the march on the first of the three days of mourning, driving to the military cemetery to light candles on the graves of the dead military along with other high-ranking officers.
Although his followers filled the cemetery, his critics entered shouting “Nikol is a traitor”.
Armenia’s opposition called on its supporters to join the national strike on December 22, after three days of mourning, in order for Pashinyan to resign.
War for Karabakh 2020
- As UNIAN previously reported, another escalation of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh began on September 27.
- On November 10, all hostilities in the conflict zone ended. This was announced in a statement signed by the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, and the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
- According to the agreements, Azerbaijan and Armenia will stop at their positions. A Russian peacekeeping contingent is deployed along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact and along the corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding areas under the control of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The exchange of prisoners of war, other detainees and bodies is under way. All economic and transport links in the region are unblocked.
- Armenia was to return the Kelbajar region to Azerbaijan on November 15 and the Lachin region on December 1, leaving behind the Lachin corridor (5 km wide) to ensure the connection of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia, and at the same time do not touch the city of Shusha.
- On December 12, the Armenian Defense Ministry reported that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces had resumed their offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
- In response, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced the provocations by the Armenian side in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan, “accompanied by a violation of the ceasefire”. The Defense Ministry noted that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces took “adequate measures”.
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