French-Armenian community leader vowed efforts to help Armenia "get rid of the ruling regime"

Mourad "Franck" Papazian, a prominent figure in the French-Armenian society and a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau, promised to work to assist Armenia in getting rid of the governing government, denouncing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's administration.

His remarks came after Massis Abrahamian and his daughter Suneh, two ARF activists from the Netherlands, were denied entry to Armenia.

“It is now three of us who have been banned from entering Armenia. With Suneh Abrahamyan and Massis Abrahamyan, we are three defenders of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Armenian cause,” he wrote on Facebook. “Nikol Pashinyan is transforming Armenia into an authoritarian state. Democracy is devastated, and individual rights are disregarded. Pashinyan is creating a terror environment," Papazian added.

An Armenian MP: "Azerbaijan's recent military offensive against  Nagorno-Karabakh is the result of two demands it made of the Armenian government"

According to the opposition "Pativ Unem" MP Tigran Abrahamyan, Azerbaijan's most recent military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh is the result of two demands it made of the Armenian government and threatened to use force if Armenia did not comply with.

Abrahamyan said on Facebook, "The first demand concerns the presence of the Armenian military on the land of Nagorno-Karabakh, which the Armenian Security Council secretary referred to in a statement published recently." "From September, there will be no servicemen holding Armenian citizenship in Artsakh and, in fact, the Azerbaijani demand will lose its relevance," an MP said.

“The second issue which remains important on Azerbaijan's agenda is opening a corridor to Nakhchivan through Armenian territory. It is no coincidence that the Azerbaijani President says if the Armenian authorities do not fulfill this demand, they will reconsider their approach to the corridor connecting Armenia and Karabakh," he added. According to him, Aliyev goes even further, saying that the Lachin corridor should have the same status as the corridor envisaged for Armenia. “If Armenia does not provide a corridor, but rather a road with an Armenian checkpoint on it, Azerbaijan threatens to set up a checkpoint on the Lachin corridor,” Abrahamyan stated.

The next protest of Armenian opposition is scheduled for September 2

According to opposition leader Ishkhan Saghatelyan, the next anti-government demonstration in Armenia will take place in Yerevan on September 2. He addressed the demonstrators in France Square, saying, "Rallies and other events are scheduled to be organized throughout Karabakh on the same day.

According to Saghatelyan, there will not likely be any protests in the capital of Armenia in August. He said that the opposition aims to continue visiting the provinces of Armenia, where it has already established councils in September. In the middle of August, the resistance movement also intends to host a pan-Armenian forum in Yerevan that is anticipated to include prominent politicians and thinkers from Armenia, the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Diaspora.