Angry anti-government demonstrations continue for the third day in Armenia over the handling of the latest crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, a separatist enclave of Azerbaijan inhabited by Armenians.

Opposition parties accuse Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of making too many concessions in Baku and are calling for his resignation, while they have announced their intention to start impeachment proceedings against Pashinyan in parliament.

Anti-government protesters also took to the streets of Yerevan today, threatening to disrupt the cabinet meeting, and clashed with strong security forces.

Police arrested Andranik Tevanian, one of the organizers of the demonstration, and special police forces warned they would take “special measures” if the unrest continued.

The protesters are now calling on the government to take steps to help the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh and to transfer them to Armenia.

The Prime Minister of Armenia stated today that preparations are being made to welcome 40,000 refugees stressing that his main goal is “for our compatriots to have the opportunity to live in their homes without fear and in safe conditions”.

“There is hope that the humanitarian situation can improve” in Nagorno-Karabakh, he said, adding that the situation is “evolving rapidly”.

Azerbaijan’s official Azertag news agency reported that Baku had sent 40 tons of humanitarian aid to the region and that President Ilhan Aliyev had promised to guarantee the rights of Armenians living in the enclave.In Yerevan,

The surrender of the Armenian separatists has increased the pressure on the Prime Minister of Armenia who is accused of not helping them. However, he called on Armenians yesterday to take the path of peace, “even if it is not easy”.

Yesterday he warned that his government would act decisively, but in accordance with the law, against the riots.