Armenian velvet

Armenian Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan met with the head of the opposition Nikol Pashinyan. Randev took place at the Marriott Armenia hotel on the Republic Square in Yerevan. However, the Sunday meeting did not last long, only three minutes. She was interrupted by Sargsyan himself, from which Pashinyan demanded to resign.

“The political force, which received 7-8%in the elections, has no right to speak on behalf of the people. What you offer is blackmail. You cannot blackmail the state, ” Russia Today quotes the head of government.

However, he considers his substitution differently. He told reporters about this during the rally.

“Let us not scare us with bloodshed. I represent hundreds of thousands of citizens of Armenia. The "velvet" revolution we declared supports the support of 90% of the country's population. Serge Sargsyan should immediately resign. If they do not want problems in the field of national security, he is obliged to resign. I am sure that the people will achieve this. I am ready to discuss with him the resignation and change of power, ”the Armenian News Agency quotes him.

Nevertheless, Pashinyan and several of his supporters were detained by the police during the procession along the street of Artsakh. There was a skirmish between the security forces and demonstrators. The information about the detention of Pashinyan was confirmed by the Caucasian Knot correspondent from the Elk bloc Sasun Mikaelyan, who tried to join the leader of the Civil Treaty party during the confrontation.

According to Radio Azavun , the deputy of the Civil Treaty party Sasun Mikaelyan, as well as the comrade -in -arms of Pashinyan Ararat Mirzoyan, was detained.

Later, information appeared that on the evening of April 22, a new opposition rally should be held on the Republic Square, but the police surrounded it, blocking access to the protest site, where in recent days, promotions with the participation of thousands of people took place.

Nevertheless, the opposition urge people to go to the rally.

“Protest leaders Nikol Pashinyan and Ararat Mirzoyan, who are in the police sites, called on people to take to the streets. According to them, there is very little time left before the resignation of Serge Sargsyan. They also called on political parties and representatives of the ruling Republican Party to support the protesters, ” Baghramyan 26 reports the telegram channel.

According to the authors of the channel, a railway message is suspended in Armenia so that people could not get to Yerevan and take part in rallies. In addition, in other large cities of the country, protest shares are also held.

Recall that rallies against the election of the Prime Minister of Armenia, former President Serzh Sargsyan, began on April 13. Opposition forces accused him of ineffective work and worsening the economic situation in the country. Nevertheless, the parliament chose Sargsyan to the post of head of the Cabinet of Ministers, after which the protests intensified.

Mr. Sargsyan himself said that he would be “ready for other tasks” only after it ensures the safe development of the country and reaches a “decent settlement” of the Karabakh problem. This is stated in a special appeal of the head of the Government of Armenia on the official website .