Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's office has ordered Public TV Company to dismiss its chief designer Aram Nikolyan following the incident in which he set the Azerbaijani flag on fire, Aysor.am reported on Saturday, citing its sources.

Nikolyan grabbed the flag from its bearer and set it alight on the stage at the opening ceremony of the European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan on Friday evening. The man was briefly detained after the incident.

The designer defended his move, saying he wanted to prevent the Azerbaijani flag from being raised in the Armenian capital.

Aram Nikolyan is the head of Public TV Company’s Styling Studio.