
Armenian PM Sends Police to Church HQ in Clash with Clergy
Tensions between Prime Minister Pashinyan and the Armenian Apostolic Church exploded as police tried to arrest an archbishop, accusing him of plotting a coup.

Tensions between Prime Minister Pashinyan and the Armenian Apostolic Church exploded as police tried to arrest an archbishop, accusing him of plotting a coup.

Bagrat Galstanyan last year accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of ceding territory to Azerbaijan.

Following the attacks on Armenian territory by Azerbaijani forces, the German Diocese of the Armenian Church released an “urgent request” calling for national and international support “to work towards ending this escalation.”