Wednesday, April 21 2021 16:44

ArmInfo. Spokesperson Mane Gevorgyan believes that "well-known circles" organized a "warm welcome" for Nikol Pashinyan in Agarak and Meghri.  "A stop in Kapan,  where the inhabitants warmly welcome the Prime Minister. And what  happened in Agarak and Meghri are actions organized by well-known  circles and have no connection with the inhabitants of these  communities," Gevorgyan wrote on her Facebook page.

Gevorgyan also said that Nikol Pashinyan, within the framework of his  visit to Syunik region, visited the N military unit of the Ministry  of Defense of Armenia. Pashinyan walked around the military unit, got  acquainted with the operational situation and the social conditions  of the servicemen.  At the moment, the Prime Minister is holding a  meeting with the leadership of the region in the building of the  Syunik regional administration. Also present are Minister of  Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Suren Papikyan,  Director of the National Security Service Armen Abazyan, Chief of  Police Vahe Ghazaryan, Governor Melikset Poghosyan, deputy governors  and other officials and the commander of the 4th Army Corps Major  General Artak Budaghyan.

It should be noted that earlier the prime minister's motorcade,  accompanied by dozens of security officers, was very stormy received  in Agarak and Meghri. Residents chanted "Nikol is a traitor!", "Nikol  is a Turk", there was a scuffle between the opponents of the prime  minister and the prime minister's personal bodyguards. Then the  people of Kajaran did not allow Pashinyan to enter their city,  blocking the entrances - the prime minister's motorcade was forced to  go around Kajaran and went to Kapan in another way. For the visit of  the prime minister in Kapan, additional police forces, servicemen and  NSS officers were pulled to the regional administration building,  which did not allow city residents to enter the building. In Kapan,  supporters of the prime minister greeted him with applause, and  opponents were chanting "Nikol is a traitor!", "Nikol- handed over  the lands! ". The General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia instructed  the police to conduct criminal proceedings in connection with the  events in Syunik.