Pashinian Cuts Short Visit To Armenian Border Region Amid Protests
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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian faced protests by angry residents of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province as he visited it on Monday following further Armenian troop withdrawals resulting from the Russian-brokered ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The protests forced Pashinian to cut short his visit.
Syunik borders the Zangelan and Kubatli districts southwest of Karabakh which were mostly recaptured by Azerbaijan during the war. Parts of the districts close to the provincial capital Kapan and other communities remained under Armenian control until last week.
Armenian army units and local militias completed their withdrawal from those areas at the weekend despite protests staged by many local residents. The latter say that they can no longer feel safe because Azerbaijani forces will now be stationed dangerously close to their communities.
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Pashinian Cuts Short Visit To Armenian Border Region Amid Protests
December 21, 2020 14:39 GMT
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Anti-government protesters have forced Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to cut short a visit to the southeastern province of Syunik, amid mounting anger over last month s cease-fire deal with Azerbaijan.
Hundreds of protesters on December 21 blocked a section of the main regional highway near the town of Goris, after Armenian forces handed over areas they previously controlled southwest of the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan.
Earlier, riot police units sent from Yerevan managed to stop a convoy of demonstrators just outside Goris. Some protesters briefly clashed with police officers.
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