Vice speaker of the Armenian parliament says that the opposition has accepted the challenge of the authorities

Participants of an opposition rally near the government building in Yerevan. File photoYEREVAN, Jun 3 Armenian opposition Vice Speaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan said after clashes between demonstrators and police that the opposition is accepting the authorities' challenge. The clashes took place on Friday evening. There are victims. «There was a watershed today. We accept your challenge, we are ready to protect us and our country,» Saghatelyan said, addressing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. According to him, a new opposition rally will be held on Saturday at 18.00 Moscow time. that on Saturday night as many people as possible should remain in France Square. A month has passed since the start of mass protests in Armenia demanding Pashinyan's resignation. His opponents believe that he is trying to make new concessions to Azerbaijan in the Karabakh issue by demarcating the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and declare that they intend to stop his plans. » />Karabakh is negotiating with Armenia on recognition, NKR State Minister stated