Resistance Movement[1] Government of Armenia Supported by:[3] Nikol Pashinyan (Prime Minister) Vahagn Khachaturyan (President) Vahe Ghazaryan (police chief) The 2022 Armenian protests (also known as the Resistance Movement; Armenian: Դիմադրության շարժում, romanized: Dimadrut’yan sharzhum) were a series of anti-government protests in Armenia that started on 5 April 2022.

[7] On 14 June 2022, the opposition announced their decision to terminate daily demonstrations aimed at toppling Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after failing to achieve popular support.

Nikol Pashinyan and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met in Brussels, Belgium on 6 April 2022 for a joint summit hosted by the European Council.

[12] Protesters called on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign and for the government of Armenia to provide security guarantees to Artsakh and ensure that the territory is not conceded to Azerbaijan.

The meeting focused on the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the continued development of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan with the European Union.

The leaders agreed to establish a joint border commission, open international transport links, and prepare for a future peace treaty to be signed.

European Council President Charles Michel further stated, "the rights and security of the ethnic Armenian population in Karabakh must be addressed."

[17] On 25 April, Anna Grigoryan, a member of the Armenia Alliance of the National Assembly, started a march from the village of Tigranashen in the Ararat region to Yerevan with a group of citizens.

Meanwhile, Armenia's Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said there was nothing unacceptable in Azerbaijan's proposals but stressed that the rights and freedoms of the citizens of Artsakh must be protected.

[35] Some news outlets reported that the shooting was initiated by a relatives of Civil Contract MPs, who fired Kalashnikov rifles at a group of youth protestors for insulting Pashinyan.