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The Independent has published an article about the ongoing protests in Yerevan, demanding the resignation of PM Nikol Pashinyan after the Karabakh deal, signed on November 9. The agreement envisaged the handover to Azerbaijan of a significant part of Nagorno-Karabakh. It also obliged Armenia to hand over all of the regions outside the region.

The source said that some 4,000 protesters marched across downtown Yerevan Wednesday chanting “Nikol, you traitor!” and “Nikol, go away!” Police detained scores of demonstrators at a smaller protest on Tuesday, but didn't interfere with the larger rally.

It notes that Armenian opposition leaders hold Pashinyan responsible for failing to negotiate an earlier end to the hostilities at terms that could have been more beneficial for Armenia. However, Artur Vanetsyan, the former head of the National Security Service who leads the Homeland opposition party, has emphasized that the opposition wasn’t pushing for the annulment of the peace deal.

“The current authorities that have suffered a complete failure must step down immediately and allow other political forces to try to at least improve the situation,” Vanetsyan has told the newspaper, adding:“Pashinyan’s resignation would offer a chance to save our dignity.”