Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. File photoYEREVAN, Apr 27The Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia reported that it had sent for consideration by the investigator the demand of the relatives of the Armenian soldiers killed in Karabakh to bring Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as an accused under a number of articles of the Criminal Code, including treason. Earlier, the Prosecutor General of Armenia Artur Davtyan expressed the opinion that this complaint filed against Pashinyan , should not be taken to a separate proceeding, but considered as part of a criminal case initiated back in 2021 on the basis of a statement by the former head of the General Staff Movses Hakobyan. As part of this case, the integrity of the performance of their duties by the military-political leadership during the escalation of the conflict in Karabakh in the fall of 2020 is being investigated.A procession began in Yerevan demanding Pashinyan's resignation» On April 26, the Prosecutor General's Office received a separate demand to bring Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan into custody under the articles «abuse of power», «treason», «abuse of power» within the framework of a joint criminal case.. The petition has been sent by the supervising prosecutor to the investigator for consideration,» the agency's website said in a statement. In addition, the prosecutor instructed the Anti-Corruption Committee to recognize the dead military personnel as victims, and their relatives as the successors of the victims. In November 2020, the former head of the General Staff Hakobyan accused the military-political leadership of Armenia of numerous mistakes during the escalation in Karabakh. In Nagorno-Karabakh, hostilities resumed, which became a continuation of a 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 was successful. With the mediation of Moscow, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a complete ceasefire and exchange of prisoners and bodies of the dead. Yerevan also handed over to Baku the Kelbajar and Lachin regions, as well as part of the Aghdam region, which since 1994 have been under the control of the unrecognized NKR. In addition, Russian peacekeepers have been stationed in the region.
