Senior Armenian officials have acknowledged that Azerbaijan has objected to Armenia’s 1990 declaration of independence which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian seems intent on removing from the national constitution.
Armenian opposition lawmakers have slammed the government for “again making deals behind the people’s back” after it was announced last week that Armenians will have to leave two settlements along the Lachin corridor linking Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh in the coming weeks.
Armenian security forces made at least 244 arrests on Monday as they clashed with protesters blocking streets in Yerevan as part of an opposition campaign to oust Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Armenia’s two main opposition groups said on Tuesday that their lawmakers will not attend this week’s parliament sittings and will visit Nagorno-Karabakh instead as part of their campaign to prevent far-reaching Armenian concessions to Azerbaijan.