In Armenia, 226 individuals have been arrested throughout the protests; there are not any extra posts in police stations

In Armenia, 226 individuals have been detained throughout the protests that led to the demarcation of the border with Azerbaijan, in keeping with the Ministry of the Inside.

In response to stories, there are not any extra locations to carry detainees within the police stations.

Amongst these arrested are members of the Armenian Nationwide Meeting, well-known singers within the nation and a well-liked physician.

The police tried to detain Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, the chief of the opposition motion “For the Motherland”, however the protesters didn’t permit the police to take action.

Demonstrations broke out in Armenia early Monday morning after Galstanyan’s name.

On Monday, in a dialog with journalists, Archbishop Galstanyan of the Armenian Apostolic Church Tavusha stated that he maintains his non secular place, though he has quickly suspended his non secular service.

He additionally defined that the motion he was concerned in was not a political motion, however a nationwide liberation motion.

Galstanyan, as he promised earlier than, blocked the highway in Yerevan on Monday morning with 4 SUVs. Protesters additionally blocked a number of different streets in Yerevan.

Demonstrators additionally blocked roads from Yerevan to Armavir, Ashtarak, Sevan and Gyumri.

Armenia on Friday returned to Azerbaijan 4 cities it captured within the Nineties, whereas the neighboring international locations proceed their efforts to normalize relations.

Armenia and Azerbaijan reached an settlement this month on disputed sections of the border.

The settlement envisages the return to Azerbaijan of 4 border cities that Armenia took underneath its management within the Nineties.

Azerbaijan captured the decades-old “de facto” impartial Armenian republic of Nagorno-Karabakh in a blitzkrieg final yr, forcing all of its greater than 100,000 residents to flee.

Armenia has agreed to return to Azerbaijan the territories Yerevan has managed because the Nineties as a way to obtain a peace deal and keep away from one other bloody battle.