The 2017 constitutional referendum approved the transformation of the government into a presidential system; the office of the Prime Minister was thereby abolished.
Following an Azerbaijani assault on 19 September 2023, Artsakh initially agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024.
[1][2] The Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, opposed the said government-in-exile, calling it a "security threat".
"[7] Some of Artsakh's leadership met with Bagrat Galstanyan, leader of the anti-government protests on 21 May 2024 in Yerevan.
[8] On 14 June 2024, Pashinyan threatened to crack down on Artsakh's leadership, saying they were encouraging anti-government protests in Yerevan.