2021 Armenian political crisis

2021 Armenian coup d'état attempt
Part of 2020–2021 Armenian protests
Date25 February 2021 (2021-02-25) – 28 March 2021 (2021-03-28)
Location
Armenia
Result
Belligerents

General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces
Political support: Homeland Salvation Movement[1]

Self-declared non-involvement:

President[3]
National Security Service[4]
Police[5]
Prosecutor General's Office[6]
Bright Armenia

Pashinyan government
Supported by:

Political support:

Commanders and leaders
Onik Gasparyan (Chief of the General Staff)
Serzh Sargsyan (alleged by Pashinyan)[14]		 Armen Sargsyan (President)
Armen Abazyan (Director of the NSS)
Vahe Ghazaryan (Chief of Police)
Artur Davtyan (Prosecutor General)		 Nikol Pashinyan (Prime Minister)
Vagharshak Harutiunyan (Defense Minister)
Strength
March 1: 5,000[15]—40,000 (claimed)[16] N/A March 1: 20,000[17]—60,000 (claimed)[18]

The 2021 Armenian political crisis was an alleged military coup attempt by the Armed Forces of Armenia led by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan against the government of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Pashinyan accused Gasparyan and 40 other high-ranking military officers of attempting a coup after they published a statement calling for Pashinyan's resignation on 25 February 2021.

  1. ^ ""Հայրենիքի փրկության շարժումը" ողջունել է Զինված ուժերի հայտարարությունը և իր զորակցությունը հայտնել". azatutyun.am (in Armenian). RFE/RL. 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Armenia and Azerbaijan sign Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire deal brokered by Moscow". 20 November 2020.
  3. ^ "The call of the President of the Republic on the current situation". president.am. The Office to the President of the Republic of Armenia. 25 February 2021. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Հայտարարություն". sns.am (in Armenian). Republic of Armenia National Security Service. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Հայտարարություն". police.am (in Armenian). Republic of Armenia Police. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Հայտարարություն". prosecutor.am (in Armenian). Republic of Armenia Prosecutor’s Office. 25 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Statement of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia". seco.am. Security Council of the Republic of Armenia. 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Announcement". mil.am. Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia. 25 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  9. ^ ""Իմ քայլը" խմբակցությունը հայտարարում է՝ միասնական է և սատարում է վարչապետին". azatutyun.am (in Armenian). RFE/RL. 25 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Armenia's embattled PM appoints new chief of military". The Nation. 11 March 2021.
  11. ^ Kocharyan, Stepan (22 March 2021). "Prime Minister says Lt. General Artak Davtyan's appointment as army chief is coming into force". armenpress.am.
  12. ^ "Embattled Armenian PM Announces Early Parliamentary Elections In June". RFE/RL. 18 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Armenian prime minister to step down in April". DW. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  14. ^ Hovsepyan, Gayane (1 March 2021). "Pashinyan Accuses Serzh Sargsyan of Manipulating Army Generals". Hetq.
  15. ^ "UIC statement on the number of participants of the March 1 opposition rally". uic.am. Union of Informed Citizens. 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Նոյեմբերի 10-ին մի քանի հազար մարդ էինք, հիմա 40 հզր հոգանոց հանրահավաքներ ենք անում. Մամիջանյան" (in Armenian). Tert.am. 1 March 2021.
  17. ^ "UIC statement on the number of participants of the March 1 rally convened by Nikol Pashinyan". uic.am. Union of Informed Citizens. 2 March 2021. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Իմ հաշվարկով երեկ հրապարակում մոտավորապես 60 հազար մարդ կար. Հովիկ Աղազարյան" (in Armenian). ArmDaily TV. 2 March 2021.