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Sargsyan-Pashinyan talks collapse after a few minutes

22 April 2018

A meeting between Armenian prime minister Serzj Sargsyan and the leader of protestors calling for his resignation, Nikol Pashinyan, lasted only a few minutes and was ended abruptly by the Prime Minister who walked out.

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Armenian president makes surprise appearance at opposition rally in an effort to broker talks

22 April 2018

Early on Sunday morning, Armenia media, including those close to the government reported, that talks have now been agreed and that Sargsyan and Pashanyan will meet on Sunday morning at the Marriott Hotel.

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Novruz Mammadov appointed prime minister of Azerbaijan

21 April 2018

Mammadov has been part of Azerbaijan's ruling circle for a long time. He has headed the Foreign Relations Department of the Presidential Administration since 1997 and was appointed Assistant to the President for Foreign Affairs in 2017. He was also the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration.

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In Armenia, protestors insist on resignation of Sargsyan and new elections

21 April 2018

Demonstrations and street protests in Armenia gathered momentum on Friday (20 April) with protestors blocking traffic in large parts of the capital Yerevan, before gathering for an evening rally in the centre of the city, an event which observers say attracted up to 50,000 people.

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International community calls on Armenia to protect rights of peaceful protesters

20 April 2018

Street protests continued in Yerevan on Thursday (19 April), and over one hundred persons were detained by police. Protestors are angry at the appointment of Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister at the end of his ten year stint as the country's president

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Police and demonstrators clash in Yerevan

19 April 2018

The situation in the Armenian capital, Yerevan is reported tense as police and demonstrators clashed outside the main government building, where the newly appointed prime minister Serzh Sargsyan was due to chair his first cabinet meeting.

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Azerbaijani civilian killed in Karabakh conflict zone

19 April 2018

27 year old Rahim Hajiyev from the village of Giyamaddinli in Aghjabadli District close to the Karabakgh conflict zone, was reported killed by sharpnel wounds following Armenian shelling

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