Armenian Protesters Call for PM to Resign over Azerbiajan Peace Treaty
Violent protests have broken out in Armenia over a peace treaty with neighboring Azerbaijan. Demonstraters are calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after he agreed to give Azerbaijan four deserted border villages to settle decades-old territorial disputes between the two countries.
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00:00Violent protests have broken out in Armenia after the country's Prime Minister announced
00:05that a peace treaty with neighbouring Azerbaijan is close to completion.
00:11Thousands of demonstrators have gathered for days outside Armenia's parliament in the capital
00:16Yerevan, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
00:22The leader has agreed to give Azerbaijan four deserted border villages to settle decades
00:27old territorial disputes.
00:30But Pashinyan says Armenia will not accept its neighbours' demands to change its constitution,
00:36which includes a reference to the independence of an area claimed by both countries.