Armenia: Protesters demand prime minister's resignation
YEREVAN, Armenia — Thousands of protesters calling for the resignation of Armenia’s prime minister demonstrated in the
Police cordons guarded the government buildings near Republic Square and accompanied Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan when he walked from one building to another as demonstrators shouted “traitor!”
The demonstrations revive a wave of protests against Pashinyan that arose in November after he signed a cease-fire with Azerbaijan that ceded territory occupied by Armenian forces. The deal ended a six-week war over the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh territory in which thousands died.
The protests had died down during the worst of the winter.
The Associated Press
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