YEREVAN, 18 Sep. The police in Yerevan detained the protesters against the plans of the authorities to hold festive events in the city on September 21, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Armenia's independence. Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that “although the mood in the country is not festive, properly». He said that on September 21, a large-scale, colorful festive event will take place on Republic Square — primarily in honor of those killed for the independence, security, sovereignty of Armenia and for Karabakh. In response, some of the relatives of the military who died during the escalation of the conflict in Karabakh demanded that the celebrations be canceled. Protest actions have been announced for Friday and Saturday.
Armenia demanded to stop interfering with the work of journalists in parliament Protesters gathered at the Moskva cinema and were about to head to Republic Square, but the police blocked their way and detained some of the protesters. announced that on September 20 and 21 all streets leading to Republic Square will be closed. At the end of September 2020, hostilities resumed in the region, which became a continuation of the long-term conflict and led to civilian casualties. The parties made several attempts to conclude a truce, but the tripartite agreement reached on the night of November 10 turned out to be successful. With the mediation of Moscow, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to completely cease fire and exchange prisoners and bodies of the dead. Also, in particular, Yerevan handed over to Baku the Kelbajar and Lachin regions, as well as part of the Aghdam region, which in the interwar period were under the control of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. In addition, Russian peacekeepers are stationed in the region.
Journalists staged a protest in the Armenian parliament
