Pashinyan: we have information about provocateursApril 17, 2018 - 17:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The leader of Civil Contract Party, MP Nikol Pashinyan reported that they have information about provocateurs among the protesters against Serzh Sargsyan becoming the Prime Minister. Pashinyan said that those are provocateurs sent by the ex-president Sargsyan. “The police announced that they have the official decision to stop the demonstrations, however as long as the protest is peaceful they are not entitled to use force against it. They are trying to change the peaceful nature of our protest via provocateurs” said Pashinyan. Ealier Pashinyan announced about starting a velvet revolution during the demonstrations which brought together thousands of people. Pashinyan also stated that on April 17 they will be having a demonstration with the most number of people in the history of Armenia. The opposition NP together with other protesters is walking around the city center periodically blocking government buildings and involving more people to the movement. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |