(9 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yerevan - 9 May 2024
1. Various of protesters marching
2. Pan of protest rally, people singing the Armenian national anthem
3. Pan of people cheering and applauding, chanting (Armenian) “Armenians, Armenia, homeland and God!”
4. Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan addressing the crowd
5. Pan of the crowd
6. Mid of Galstanyan, protesters praying (Armenian) “…in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come…”
7. Pan of the crowd
8. Wide of Galstanyan on stage shouting (Armenian) “…New vision, new narrative, new parade, new victory…” people applauding
9. Wide of the crowd
10. Pan of people applauding and cheering
STORYLINE:
Thousands of protesters gathered in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Thursday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his government's decision to hand over control of border villages to Armenia's long-time rival Azerbaijan.
Protesters led by a senior cleric in Armenia's church walked a distance of around 100 miles (160 kilometers) from villages near the border with Azerbaijan to the capital Yerevan where they gathered Thursday in Republic Square.
Thousands of people were seen in the square waving Armenian flags and chanting slogans.
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, a senior Armenian cleric and a leading figure of the protests, took the stage and addressed the crowd, shouting "a new vision, new narrative, new parade, new victory".
Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought two wars since the Soviet Union collapsed.
In April, Armenia said it would return border villages to Azerbaijan after its rival waged a military campaign in Nagorno Karabakh - a majority ethnic Armenian region inside Azerbaijan.
The decision caused tens of thousands of people to stream into Armenia, sparking demonstrations and calls for Pashinyan to resign.
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