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Armenian President Meets with Protest Leader

22/04/2018 GMT

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Armenian president meets anti-government protest leader

Armenian President Armen Sargsyan meets anti-government protest leader

Armenian President Armen Sargsyan unexpectedly meets with opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan, who has been heading a protest movement against the country’s new prime minister. The movement, which is in its ninth day of mass demonstrations, centres around the allegation that prime minister Serzh Sargsyan has amassed too much power. 

Also in the programme: Can President Emmanuel Marcon transform France? And, one hundred years of Leonard Bernstein. 

(Image: Armenian President Armen Sarkisian (R) stands next to opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan (L) during a rally in central Yerevan, Armenia, on 21st April 2018. Credit: Vahram Baghdasaryan/AFP/Getty Images)

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