YEREVAN: Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Wednesday that the security forces had foiled a coup plot involving a senior cleric, the latest twist in his escalating conflict with the powerful Apostolic Church. Pashinyan has been at loggerheads with the Church since its head, Catholicos Garegin II, began calling for his resignation following Armenia’s disastrous 2020 military defeat to arch-foe Azerbaijan over the then-disputed Karabakh region. The dispute escalated after Baku seized full control of the region in 2023.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Wednesday that security forces had thwarted a coup attempt allegedly involving a high-ranking cleric, as...

Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, a leader in protests against the PM, is accused of a plot to overthrow the government.