Thousands demand Armenian PM’s resignation at rally

Opposition demonstrators rally to pressure Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign (PAN Photo/AP)

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters have marched across the Armenian capital to push for the resignation of the ex-Soviet nation’s prime minister over his handling of the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.

In six weeks of fierce fighting that ended with a Russia-brokered peace deal on November 10, the Azerbaijani army reclaimed lands that Armenian forces have held for more than a quarter of a century.