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Armenia: demonstrations against the "concessions" made to Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh
Confrontations with the police during the demonstrations in Armenia, May 2.
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Several thousand people have been demonstrating for several days in Yerevan against any concession to Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory disputed for 30 years between the two countries.
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With our correspondent in Yerevan,
Constant Léon
Since Sunday, the demonstrators find themselves in front of ten tents installed near the Parliament.
They accuse Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of wanting to cede all of Nagorno-Karabakh populated by Armenians to Azerbaijan.
"
Nikol Pashinian is an ally of the Azerbaijanis, I came to demonstrate to defend the Armenians, we are ready to do anything to defend ourselves
," said a young man.
Different political and anonymous parties make up this opposition.
They wave flags of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Garbage cans and benches block traffic in the city center and access to the National Assembly to the government.
Most importantly, safety
A young Diaspora Armenian living in Yerevan must choose security over democracy.
“
What is most important to me is safety.
That's why I'm protesting, I want him to resign, because he's incompetent.
We don't want a peace where we are weak where Azerbaijan will win whatever they want.
We have to trust their promises, the promises of a dictator to believe that we will no longer be attacked
,” he said.
2 years ago Armenia lost in the
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
.
In April, in Brussels, the Armenian Prime Minister agreed “
to reduce his demands
” during new peace negotiations with Azerbaijan.
Discussions
are continuing
in Brussels and Moscow.
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