Armenia: opposition announces start of resistance movement

In the evening on November 8, an oppositional rally organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) "Dashnaktsutyun" was held in Freedom Square in Yerevan. According to the organizers, the rally should initiate a nationwide resistance movement.

The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that on November 10, 2020, the trilateral agreement signed by Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia on the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh came into force. On the same day, residents of Yerevan, dissatisfied with the signing of the peace agreement with Azerbaijan, broke into the building of the Armenian government and demanded the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan.

The rally, headed by Robert Kocharyan, the second President of Armenia? was attended by the entire Aiastan parliamentary bloc; and the faction "I have the Honour" joined the rally.

In their speeches, the organizers of the rally accused the current power of the defeat in the Karabakh war, and noted that consolidation is needed to prevent further catastrophes, in particular, the Armenians' exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh and the Turkishization of Armenia.

The movement should work on two fronts: external and internal ones, Ishkhan Sagatelyan, an MP from the "Aiastan" bloc and a member of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" Party, has stated in his speech at the rally.

"On the external front, we must make it clear to the whole world that Nikol Pashinyan is not a collective image of the Armenian nation, and any anti-Armenian document signed by him is unacceptable for us," Mr Sagatelyan has stated. On the domestic (internal) front, Ishkhan Sagatelyan has suggested to oppose various destructive phenomena in all spheres.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on November 8, 2021 at 10:10 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.