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Pashinyan vows Armenian protest to continue as Karapetyan cancels meeting again

by OC Media

•3 min read

Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan has called for more anti-government protests on 1 May, when Armenia’s parliament, the National Assembly, is set elect a new prime minister. Acting PM Karen Karapetyan cancelled negotiations with Pashinyan set for noon on Friday, arguing the talks were ‘not aimed at achieving any result’. Pashinyan had insisted the talks, which he said were to negotiate the peaceful transfer of power, take place in front of journalists. Karapetyan’s spokesperson, Aram Ara

Armenia

Pashinyan demands ‘unconditional capitulation’ of Armenia’s ruling party as protests continue

by OC Media

•3 min read

Armenia’s acting prime minister, Karen Karapetyan, has rejected opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan’s demands he step down to be replaced by a ‘people’s prime minister’. Pashinyan’s demand has been widely interpreted as referencing himself. On Thursday, the Republican Party reiterated its readiness to discuss ‘any issues’ without preconditions and declared that former prime minister Serzh Sargsyan would be replaced as the party’s chairman. Pashinyan demanded the ‘explicit and uncondition