 Opposition lawmakers join protesters marching from Ijevan to Yerevan April 25, 2022 - 15:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Lawmakers from the opposition Armenia bloc Gegham Nazaryan and Aspram Krpeyan, as well as members of the clergy have joined a group of people marching from the northern town of Ijevan to the capital Yerevan to protest against the Armenian government, Pastinfo reports. National Assembly Vice Speaker, member of the ARF Supreme Body Ishkhan Saghatelyan said on his Facebook page that similar campaigns will begin from "3 symbolic places" in the near future. "We will definitely announce the day we are going to join the participants of marches arriving in the capital from different directions," Saghatelyan said Monday, April 25. "Until then, we have work to do in Yerevan. We are meeting today at 18:30 near the Holy Cross Church on Komitas Avenue." The leader of Homeland party Arthur Vanetsyan said, meanwhile, that awareness campaigns will be held in different streets of Yerevan on April 25. His supporters will gather in Freedom Square later in the day to march in the Armenian capital. On April 17, Vanetsyan, who is a lawmaker from the "I Have Honor" bloc, said he was going on a sit-in and was not going to leave the Freedom Square. Veterans of the Second Karabakh War Nver Kirakosyan and Artur Avagyan joined Vanetsyan in downtown Yerevan after going on a hunger strike the previous day.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia  The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
