Yerevan-Sana
The Armenian National Security Service announced today that it has thwarted an attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan by his political opponents.
The Armenian security apparatus said in a statement carried by Sputnik that one of the political opponents opposed to the government kept a large number of weapons, ammunition and explosives and reached an agreement with the leaders of the parties operating in Armenia and Karabakh to plan to seize power and kill the Prime Minister, pointing out that the leaders of the anti-government parties and politicians and their supporters are senior Former officials were preparing to attempt to assassinate a statesman and usurp power.
Demonstrators stormed the Armenian government headquarters in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, last Monday evening, signed a ceasefire agreement in Karabakh.
Last Monday, the Kremlin announced that the Russian President, his Azerbaijani counterpart and the Armenian Prime Minister signed a joint declaration on a ceasefire in the region, while the Russian Defense Ministry announced sending Russian peace-keeping forces to the region after the signing of the agreement.