<p>Armenian Economy Minister Tigran Khachatryan has tendered his resignation, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday, following criticism of the government over a ceasefire that secured advances for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh after six weeks of fighting.</p>.<p>The announcement, made on Facebook by Khachatryan's spokeswoman Anna Ohanyan, follows the appointment of a new defence minister and minister of foreign affairs last week.</p>.<p>The government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been under pressure from protesters demanding that he quit over the ceasefire that ended the heaviest fighting in decades in Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave that is inside Azerbaijan but mainly populated by ethnic Armenians.</p>.<p>Under the Russia-brokered deal, Nagorno-Karabakh's ethnic Armenian leaders are handing over swathes of territory they had controlled for decades but had been internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan.</p>.<p>Pashinyan, who has rejected calls to resign, last week unveiled a six-month action plan that he said was designed to ensure Armenia's stability.</p>
<p>Armenian Economy Minister Tigran Khachatryan has tendered his resignation, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday, following criticism of the government over a ceasefire that secured advances for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh after six weeks of fighting.</p>.<p>The announcement, made on Facebook by Khachatryan's spokeswoman Anna Ohanyan, follows the appointment of a new defence minister and minister of foreign affairs last week.</p>.<p>The government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been under pressure from protesters demanding that he quit over the ceasefire that ended the heaviest fighting in decades in Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave that is inside Azerbaijan but mainly populated by ethnic Armenians.</p>.<p>Under the Russia-brokered deal, Nagorno-Karabakh's ethnic Armenian leaders are handing over swathes of territory they had controlled for decades but had been internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan.</p>.<p>Pashinyan, who has rejected calls to resign, last week unveiled a six-month action plan that he said was designed to ensure Armenia's stability.</p>