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Armenian military urges the Prime Minister to stand down
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YEREVAN, 25 February, 2021 (TON): On Thursday, Nikol Pashinyan the Armenian PM warned of an attempted military coup against him after the army demanded he and his government resign.
Many protests and calls have been carried away calling Pashinyan to resign after what his critics say was the disastrous handling of a six-week conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh last year.
Pashinyan has rejected calls to step down and called his supporters on Thursday to rally in central Yerevan to back him while he took to Facebook to address the nation in a live stream.
He also fired the head of the general staff of the armed forces, media reported.
It seemed to be unclear whether the army was willing to use force to back its statement or whether its call was for him to step down was just verbal.
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