Police officers and participants in the procession of supporters of the Armenian opposition in Yerevan. Archival photoYEREVAN, May 20. Armenian oppositionists demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gathered at the Yerevan Institute of Ancient Manuscripts «Matenadaran» to present their position to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. The oppositionists marched to the «Matenadaran» «, having learned that the Lithuanian leader will arrive there. The path of the demonstrators to the institute was blocked by the police. However, they are located at some distance and are chanting anti-government slogans.
Pashinyan held a meeting of the Armenian Security Council amid protests»We want to inform the President of Lithuania and through him to the EU countries about violations of human rights and democratic norms in Armenia,» one of the participants of the meeting said. In the morning, the opposition held a rally near the presidential administration, during Nauseda's meeting with Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturian. Since April 25, the opposition has been holding protests throughout Armenia. Their participants are convinced that the policy of the authorities threatens the country with the loss of statehood and threatens the existence of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. USA in the biosphere
