The resigns today from my post as Prime Minister ”before the elections, announced the head of government on his Facebook page. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pachinian said on Sunday April 25 that he was resigning while continuing to exercise his interim functions until the early legislative elections in June, which aim to get the country out of the political crisis.
Armenia has been at a political stalemate since its stinging defeat in the conflict between Azerbaijan in the fall of 2020 for control of the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. The opposition demanded for months the departure of Nikol Pachinian, whom it denounces as a “traitor”. After this announcement, all members of his government in turn tendered their resignations, as required by law in Armenia. The Prime Minister however indicated that he would continue to exercise his functions ad interim until the early legislative elections of June 20.
A very controversial prime minister in his country
Nikol Pachinian is widely criticized for having signed in November a cessation of hostilities agreement very unfavorable to his country. This ceasefire had been negotiated when the situation was catastrophic for Armenia, cornered and forced to retreat on several fronts while the Azerbaijani army threatened the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The collapse of their army deeply marked the Armenians, victorious in a first conflict shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. Russia, which sponsored the cessation of hostilities agreement, has deployed peacekeeping troops to Nagorny Karabakh. The fighting left nearly 6,000 dead on both sides.
Brought to power in 2018 by a popular revolution denouncing the corruption of post-Soviet elites, Nikol Pachinian increased the anger at the end of February by deciding to dismiss several senior military officials, accusing them of wanting to instigate a coup.
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