The rally organized by the opposition kicked off on Freedom Square at 18:30. 

Tigran Abrahamyan, MP of the “I have Honor” faction, in his speech touched upon the situation that has developed in recent days in Artsakh, noting that the reason for this is the idea of a mirror withdrawal of troops.

“The idea of withdrawal concerned not only Artsakh, in fact, Sotk-Khoznavar section is under threat, that is, Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor, Syunik, as well as the Yeraskh settlement of the Ararat region, regarding which Nikol Pashinyan presented this idea of mirror withdrawal of troops,” Tigran Abrahamyan said, adding that this idea is part of the policy of peaceful surrender of territories.

The MP also recalled that today, on April 5, marks the sixth anniversary of hostilities of 2016․

“After the hostilities, the Azerbaijanis were begging for a truce,” Abrahamyan said.

In his speech, Aram Vardevanyan noted that Armenia is going through the most difficult days in the last 100 years and is on the verge of extinction.

“Today, the government promises peace, but to whom? To us? Not! Promisies Azerbaijan and Turkey, he promises that there will be no Armenian state that they will have to reckon with, the Turkish-Azerbaijani peace will start through this. This peace means the liquidation of Artsakh as a self-determined republic, means the usurpation of Syunik, it will be an area serving the Turkish-Azerbaijani routes: that’s when the Turks will live peacefully,” Vardevanyan said.