Thousands Call for Armenia’s PM to Resign Over Truce Agreement

Thousands Call for Armenia’s PM to Resign Over Truce Agreement
People argue with police during a protest against an agreement to halt fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, in Freedom Square in Yerevan, Armenia on Nov. 11, 2020. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP
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YEREVAN, Armenia—Thousands of people protested in Armenia’s capital on Nov. 11, demanding the prime minister’s resignation after he signed an agreement with Azerbaijan to halt weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh that calls for territorial concessions in favor of Azerbaijan.

The rally, organized by opposition parties in Yerevan, reportedly drew up to 10,000 people. Some clashed with police, and many were detained and released later in the day. Demonstrators chanted “Nikol, go away” and “Nikol, the traitor,” referring to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.