This view is also the position of the Armenian Republic.
The demand that the region be incorporated into the neighboring Armenian republic has been the focus of the protests.
Over the next two weeks, similar protests take place in Yerevan, the capital of the Armenian republic.
There were conflicting reports on how much food, fuel and building supplies were reaching the Armenian republic.
The Soviet Armenian republic has been shaken by nationalist protest and clashes in recent weeks.
The congress, held in Tiflis brought together 203 and declared the first Armenian Republic.
A celebration was planned for May 28, the anniversary of the creation of the first Armenian republic.
By 1921 the temporary Armenian republic had collapsed under military pressure from the Young Turks.
It later changed its name to the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic.
During protests in the Armenian Republic, those who carried picket signs were called "piketchiki."