ArmInfo. "Today, during our march, provocations are possible, I urge all citizens to show restraint and not react to them," Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said on his Facebook page, he is going to participate in today's march, and following rally, at which he will sum up the results of the government's activities during the 100 days of being in office.
The march to be held today in Yerevan will begin at 5:40pm on the crossroads of Artsakh-Erebuni streets, where Nikol Pashinyan was detained on April 22. "I am sure that today the police will ensure our safety. I also think that some of them will take part in our march and this will be one of the manifestations of solidarity. Today there are no distinctions between the police, the National Security Service, society, the army, the armed forces, state bodies and authorities; we are all on the same side. This should be a manifestation of national solidarity, "Pashinyan said." The prime minister also called on the participants of the action to show restraint and not react to possible provocations.
"I want to ask you not to respond to a possible aggression today, we already have the experience of large- scale actions, attended by about 100 thousand people, there will be a lot of participants at our rally, and we must exercise restraint." I do not exclude that at our event , specifically sent people will undertake provocations, I ask you not to respond with aggression to aggression, and if such aggressive actions are carried out, law enforcement officers should react to them, contact the police, "the prime minister said stressing that today the law enforcement officers will work in emergency mode. To note, on August 17, rally will kick off at the Republic Square at 6:30 pm local time, at which Pashinyan will sum up the results of the government's activities during the 100 days in power.