YEREVAN. – One of the—now former—residents of Artsakh’s (Nagorno-Karabakh) Kashatagh region protesting in front of the main building of the government of Armenia tore the banner—quoting Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan's statement about Artsakh’s Shushi—in the hands of reporter Lia Sargsyan.

Subsequently, this demonstrator started chanting, "Nikol, Nikol."

To note, at Yerablur Military Pantheon in Yerevan on Thursday, in response to this reporter's remarks that, "You said that Shushi is an Azerbaijani city," PM Pashinyan had countered by saying: "You personally shall bring my quote on paper that I said, 'Shushi is Azerbaijani,' and I will respond to you live."

And the reporter on Friday brought Pashinyan's respective quote in writing—and on a banner—to outside the aforesaid government building. "Among the citizens carrying out the [protest] action there were Nikol Pashinyan's supporters, who forcibly snatched the banner from my hand and tore [it]. The situation is quite frightening, this situation is intolerable. Yes, I can ask that question to the Prime Minister again, at any occasion. I want the citizen of the Republic of Armenia to know whether our prime minister considers Shushi Armenian or Azerbaijani," the reporter said.