Today, as in 2018, I embrace all of you - the police officers who protect the legal order of Armenia.

Axar.az reports that these words were written by the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Alen Simonyan, on his Telegram channel.

It should be noted that yesterday there was a serious conflict between protesters and the police. Demonstrators threw bottles at the police and tried to break the police cordon and attack the parliament. The police's reaction was tougher and more ruthless than expected, sound and smoke grenades were also used. As a result, 17 policemen and 98 protestors were injured.