Armenian PM given resignation ultimatum at protest

Elizabeth Jabejian 2020
New Europe
<img src=”"https://www.neweurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/prm1-e1553626075551-50×50.jpg" alt="Elena Pavlovska" class=""post-thumb-wrap" style = "background-size: cover;background-position: 10%;width:50px;height:50px;background-image:url('');margin:5px 0;border-radius: 90px;border: 1px solid rgb(88, 90, 12);border-radius: 50px/50px; /* horizontal radius / vertical radius */""> By Elena Pavlovska

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<img width="1068" height="667" class="entry-thumb" src=”"https://www.neweurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/h_56505991-1068×667.jpg" srcset="https://www.neweurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/h_56505991-1068×667.jpg 1068w, https://www.neweurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/h_56505991-2136×1334.jpg 2136w" sizes="(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) 2136px, (min-resolution: 192dpi) 2136px, 1068px" alt="" title="Opposition rally in Yerevan"/>epa08827699 Armenian people take part in an opposition rally in the Freedom Square in Yerevan, Armenia, 18 November 2020. Protesters demand the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The unrest and protest erupted in Yerevan on 10 November 2020 after Armenian Prime Minister and Presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia signed a trilateral statement announcing the halt of ceasefire and all military operations in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. EPA-EFE/HAYK BAGHDASARYAN /PHOTOLURE MANDATORY CREDIT

The Armenian opposition on Saturday gave prime minister Nikol Pashinian until Tuesday at noon to resign over a controversial truce deal with Azerbaijan to end fighting over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.