Armenian opposition announces more protests on weekend

Leader of Armenia’s Tavush for the Homeland opposition movement Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan has called on his supporters to hold more protest rallies in Gyumri and Yerevan this weekend.

Addressing a rally in Yerevan yesterday, he said that on June 1 opposition activists plan to go to Gyumri to stage a rally and hold a march in Yerevan on June 2.

Grass-roots protests against the delimitation and demarcation of the border with Azerbaijan in the Tavush region are coordinated by the Tavush for the Homeland movement led by Bagrat Galstanyan. The movement demands Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation.