YEREVAN. – It will be possible to hold rallies in Armenia during the quarantine period—but only with face masks. Deputy minister of justice Rafik Grigoryan stated this at Friday’s special session of the National Assembly during which the package of bills on making amendments and addenda to the law on ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological safety of the population and to the related laws are being debated on.

According to the minister, everything will depend on quarantine regulations. "If it is announced in the whole territory of the republic, then rallies are allowed only with masks and on the condition of maintaining social distance. If the quarantine is not nationwide but local, the city halls or provincial halls will be able to announce it. But even in that case, they have to get a [respective] decision from the Ministry of Health," Grigoryan explained.