Pashinyan's supporters and opponents will rally within 1km from each other![]() February 25, 2021 - 13:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will rally on Thursday, February 25, in downtown Yerevan – just several hundred meters apart. Pashinyan said he will address his supporters at 4:00pm. He summoned a rally at the Republic square almost immediately after the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces demanded his resignation. According to him, however, he had already dismissed the Chief of General Staff, Colonel-General Onik Gasparyan. "The police and other law enforcement agencies will ensure the security for the rally," Pashinyan said. The opposition, meanwhile, will gather at the Freedom Square, just several hundred meters away from the Republic Square, at 3:00pm. The PM earlier described the Army General Staff's demand for his resignation as "a military coup attempt" and called on his supporters to gather at the Republic Square. As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news |