Armenian President Calls for Premier to Resign Over War Defeat
- Snap parliamentary elections are needed, Sarkissian says
- Premier Pashinyan faces protests over loss of Nagorno-Karabakh
Buildings damaged by shelling in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh on Nov. 3.
Photographer: Karen Minasyan/AFP/Getty Images
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Armenian President Armen Sarkissian called for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and for snap parliamentary elections, amid a deepening political crisis over the country’s defeat against Azerbaijan in fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.
“The entire Armenian people are entering a period of new trials in which every mistake can bring forth disastrous consequences,” Sarkissian said in a televised speech late Monday, in which he also called for the creation of a national unity government until elections are held. “I hope that all the political forces will realize the responsibility of the moment.”