Armenia's Defense Minister Submits Resignation as Armenians Leave Occupied Areas - Tasnim News Agency

Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan has tendered his resignation, the Aravot daily reported Friday, as Armenian residents continued to leave occupied areas in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Tonoyan has held the position since May 2018.

The government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has come under pressure to quit, with thousands of demonstrators demanding he go following the signing of a cease-fire that ordered Armenia to leave occupied areas in Nagorno-Karabakh after six weeks of fighting with Azerbaijan, Daily Sabah reported.