Karen Karapetyan: it was decided to withdraw from the parliament the  petition for the arrest of three deputies - Nikol Pashinyan, Ararat  Mirzoyan and Sasun Mikaelyan

ArmInfo.First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Armenia Karen Karapetyan is going to a meeting with the leader of the opposition movement "Make a step, turn down Serge" by Nikol Pashian, whose whereabouts are not known until now.

This was announced after a meeting was held in the presidential  residence with the participation of Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan,  President Armen Sargsyan, First Deputy Prime Minister Karen  Karapetyan, President Bako Sahakyan. The meeting was attended by the  Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, the chairman of the National  Assembly Ara Babloyan, the chairman of the Public Council Vazgen  Manukyan.

Karen Karapetyan also said that, according to the decision adopted at  the end of the meeting, he is going to appeal to the Prosecutor  General to withdraw from the National Assembly an application for the  arrest of three deputies - Nikol Pashinyan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Sasun  Mikaelyan.

Note, however, that in the morning the faction of the Republican  Party received an order to vote "for" depriving the three opposition  members of their immunity during the special meeting of the National  Assembly. The decision was canceled in the last minute.

On April 23, the President of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan  took part in a meeting with the President of the Republic of Armenia  Armen Sargsyan on the internal political situation in Armenia.

The meeting was attended by Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II,  RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, Chairman of the National Assembly  Ara Babloyan, First Deputy Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, Chairman  of the Public Council Vazgen Manukyan.

It should be reminded that the leader of the protest movement, MP  Nikol Pashinyan, despite his parliamentary immunity, was isolated on  the eve of law enforcement bodies, almost an hour after the "failed"  meeting of Sargsyan-Pashinyan. This happened during the march along  Artsakh street in the capital district of Erebuni. 

The police in special regiment blocked the way for the procession and  started the forceful dispersal of the protest action. The police  began to use special equipment, smoke bombs.  Pashinyan, Mirzoyan and  Mikaelyan were abducted by law enforcers from the place of assembly.  Mirzoyan and Mikaelyan are in the police station of the Shengavit  administrative district. Meanwhile, the location of Pashinyan is  still unknown. Earlier, the wife of the oppositionist Anna Hakobyan  stated that he may have been brought to the Sevan police station, but  further information was refuted by Pashinyan's lawyer.