(17 Sep 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Yerevan, Armenia - 17 September 2022
1. Wide of protesters with banners walking, chanting (Armenian) "Armenia must withdraw from the CSTO!"
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ashot Gevorkyan, protester:
"We have very big dissatisfaction with the CSTO organization, which cannot help Armenia at all, it does not work in the interests of its member country, and supports the regime of Turkey, (Turkish president Recep Tayyip) Erdogan and (Armenian President Ilham) Aliyev. So it seems to me that we do not need such an organization and that we immediately need to withdraw from such an organization for the sake of the interests of the country, its sovereignty and national security."
3. Protesters with banners
4. Close up of banner reading (English) CSTO R.I.P.
5. Protesters with banners
6. Close of banner reading (Russian) "CSTO, is anybody home? Or everyone went drinking with Erdogan?"
7. Protesters with banners
8. Pan of banners
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Richard King, protester, Russian immigrant:
"We are here for the European community to finally take action. Everyone is talking only about Ukraine, but now military action is taking place here, which urgently need to be stopped. I am a refugee from Russia, I was persecuted for political reasons. It turns out that I came here from war to war. I can't stay away, I want this to stop as soon as possible. The CSTO must do something or cease to exist."
10. Protesters with banners, policeman
11. Protesters walking, chanting (Armenian) "Armenia must withdraw from the CSTO!"
12. Man with banner reading (Russian) "Dictator is war"
13. Various of cars driving past Armenian and American flags
STORYLINE:
Over a hundred people marched through the center of Yerevan Saturday demanding that Armenia renounces its membership of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
The protesters believe membership in the Russia-dominated security alliance does not protect Armenia and have called for closer cooperation with Western countries that could help protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
"We have very big dissatisfaction with the CSTO organization, which cannot help Armenia at all, does not work in the interests of its member country and supports Erdogan and Aliyev," one of the protesters said.
It came as a U.S. congressional delegation headed by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrived in the country on Saturday.
A cease-fire brokered held for three days after an outburst of fighting with neighboring Azerbaijan that killed more than 200 troops from both sides.
The U.S. Embassy said the visit will include a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
The truce took effect on Wednesday evening following two days of heavy fighting that marked the largest outbreak of hostilities in nearly two years.
Armenia and Azerbaijan traded blame for the shelling, with Armenian authorities accusing Baku of unprovoked aggression and Azerbaijani officials saying their country was responding to Armenian attacks.
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