Amid criticism over Azerbaijan peace deal, Armenian PM presents to debate early election

Armenia’s prime minister stated he was prepared to debate the opportunity of holding an early parliamentary election, however rejected opposition calls for to step down over his dealing with of the Nagorno-Karabakh battle with Azerbaijan.
Opposition supporters have rallied for weeks, urging Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to step down over the November 10 peace deal that noticed Azerbaijan reclaim management over giant components of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas.
The Russia-brokered settlement ended 44 days of fierce preventing wherein the Azerbaijani military routed Armenian forces.
Pashinyan has defended the peace deal as a painful however mandatory transfer to forestall Azerbaijan from overrunning the complete Nagorno-Karabakh area.

He argued Friday that his critics lack broad public help for his or her demand.
“I’m not clinging to the prime minister’s seat, but I can’t carelessly treat the post given to me by the people,” he stated on Facebook.
Pashinyan added that he was prepared to carry consultations with the nation’s political events to debate calling an early parliamentary election subsequent 12 months.
Opposition supporters on Friday continued blocking streets within the Armenian capital and engaged in occasional scuffles with police.

Nagorno-Karabakh lies inside Azerbaijan however was below the management of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a separatist struggle there resulted in 1994. That struggle left Nagorno-Karabakh itself and substantial surrounding territory in Armenian fingers.
Heavy preventing that erupted in late September marked the largest escalation of the decades-old battle between Armenia and Azerbaijan, killing greater than 5,600 individuals on either side.

The Russia-brokered peace settlement stipulated that Armenia hand over management of some areas it holds outdoors Nagorno-Karabakh’s borders. Azerbaijan additionally retained management over areas of Nagorno-Karabakh it had taken throughout the battle.
The peace deal was celebrated in Azerbaijan as a serious triumph, and triggered outrage and mass protests in Armenia.