A large number of police buses have been deployed, since early Friday morning, nearby the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia.

Marshal Baghramyan Avenue, which runs along the NA building, is blocked. Members of the Homeland Salvation Movement, which demands the resignation of PM Nikol Pashinyan, and a number of ordinary citizens spent the night there in tents.

Ex-PM Vazgen Manukyan, the aforesaid movement's candidate for prime minister, was also there early in the morning.

A rally will be held in front of the NA building at 1pm.

On Thursday morning, the General Staff of the Armed Forces issued a statement in which the high-ranking military officials demanded the resignation of PM Nikol Pashinyan and his government. Pashinyan, however, considered the move as an "attempt at a military coup" and called on his supporters to gather at Republic Square in downtown Yerevan.

After their rally at Liberty Square in downtown Yerevan, the opposition demanding Pashinyan’s resignation marched to Marshal Baghramyan Avenue, continued their respective protest in front of the National Assembly, after which they announced that they would pitch tents and spend the night on Marshal Baghramyan Avenue.