Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (archive image)
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In the South Caucasus Republic of Armenia, more than 70 people were arrested during new protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
A reporter from the German Press Agency reported that demonstrators had surrounded the government seat in the capital Yerevan.
Security forces cordoned off the building.
Several ministers were verbally abused after a government meeting.
People called Pashinyan a "traitor" and shouted "traitor away."
Observers spoke of a tense situation in the capital.
There were clashes with the police.
There were several injured.
Protesters again blocked dozens of streets.
For weeks the opposition and its supporters have been calling on Pashinyan to resign.
You are dissatisfied after the end of the fighting in the conflict region Nagorno-Karabakh and blame the head of government for the defeat against Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan had reclaimed large parts of the territory it had lost in the early 1990s in the recent Nagorno-Karabakh war.
The new fighting had started on September 27th and lasted until November 9th.
In total, more than 4,600 people died on both sides - most of them soldiers.
60 civilians were killed on the Armenian side alone.
The conflict itself is decades old.
Pashinyan, who has so far ruled out a resignation, spoke of problems in drawing the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan in two regions.
So there could be "painful situations," he said.
The Armenian government will, however, pay compensation to the population in the event of a possible loss of property and "protect the interests of the population".
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