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Armenia protesters demand PM resign after Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire

Opposition leaders and protesters accuse the Armenian prime minister of failing to protect Karabakh's Armenian population [Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters]

Thousands of protesters have gathered in the Armenian capital to denounce the government’s perceived failure to support Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, after the breakaway region was forced into surrender by Azerbaijan.

The protesters gathered on Wednesday at Republic Square, in the heart of Yerevan, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who presided over the defeat to Azerbaijan in a 2020 war and now the final collapse of Karabakh’s Armenian authorities.

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