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Groups of Armenian protesters stormed the government building in the country’s capital, Yerevan, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Pashinyan has faced growing protests, and calls from the opposition for his resignation, following a six-week conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over the Nagorni-Karabakh region a year ago. Recent developments come as thousands of people took part in mass anti-government rallies, while gatherings of Pashinyan supporters were also present.<\/p>\n
The street protests followed what the prime minister described as a coup attempt after his removal was demanded by the military. Pashinyan signed Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement, ending 44 days of fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, where Armenian forces faced territorial losses from the Azerbaijani army, backed by Ankara’s Pashinyan, whose alliance has a majority in parliament, rejected opposition demands for early elections and called for consultations.<\/p>\n
The prime minister has been forced to relinquish control of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven districts of Azerbaijan, which have been occupied by Armenian forces since the 1990s, and the decision was strongly opposed by many Armenians.<\/p>\n
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