ArmInfo. Resistance Movement members were not allowed to approach the presidential residence at 26 Baghramyan Ave., where the CSTO Foreign Ministers' Council is holding a meeting.
The protesters marched from Yerevan's France Square to the presidential residence, but police blocked their way.
Aram Vardevanyan, a member of the opposition parliamentary faction Armenia, stated that they will inform all international delegations visiting Armenia that "Armenia's incumbent and outgoing authorities have no mandate in this country."
"Discussions in the CSTO format are taking place now. It is one of the few organizations capable of extending a helping hand in case of threats to any of its members. And Armenia is one of them. And now let us see the real situation: over a year ago [Azerbaijani] troops made an incursion into Armenia's Syunik province. Have Armenia's incumbent authorities turned to the CSTO? No. Why? Because they are incompetent and unwilling to defend Armenia's interests. So they must go away," he said.
On January 6, when Armenia was CSTO chairing-country, mechanisms were employed in Kazakhstan.
"So Armenia's incumbent authorities could employ mechanisms for Kazakhstan, but did not do so for Armenia. It is absurd," he said.
