Vahagn Varagyan, the leader of the Green Future environmental movement, and several others were apprehended a short while ago by the police, outside the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia.

Varagyan had written on Facebook Monday that they were going to the Ministry the next day, and Minister Arayik Harutyunyan must answer the question as to whether he is in favor of the "treacherous" statement signed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan—and with respect to ending the hostilities in and around Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

Varagyan announced at the time of his apprehension that they were not carrying out a rally, he had not organized anything like that, and he had just come to ask a question to the minister. But police said that he was being apprehended for carrying out a rally.

Police say through a loudspeaker that rallies are prohibited during the current martial law in Armenia.

On November 9, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement on a complete cessation of hostilities in and around Artsakh. Accordingly, Russian peacekeepers will be deployed in the region to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities. But this statement also stipulates the handover of part of Artsakh lands to Azerbaijan.