The situation has become tense at France Square—in downtown Yerevan—where the opposition forces of Armenia had placed the national flag of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) during Tuesday’s rally.

A citizen did not allow the members of the Sasna Tsrer pan-Armenian movement to approach the flag of Artsakh.

There are a large number of special police forces at France Square.

The members of the Sasna Tsrer pan-Armenian movement had painted this flag Friday. According to the respective statement of this movement, they thus removed the white part separating Artsakh from Motherland Armenia. In response, the opposition had held a rally and placed a new flag of Artsakh at France Square.

Gor Abrahamyan, Advisor to the Prosecutor General of Armenia, had informed that the footage of painting the national flag of Artsakh was sent to the police to prepare materials for a criminal procedure.