The anti-corruption campaign highly intensified following the end of Azerbaijan’s war with Armenia in late 2020, but has rapidly picked up speed this month.

The IMF said it expected Armenia's economy to expand by around 1 percent in 2021 followed by 3.5 percent growth next year, although the recovery will be protracted due to the impact of  the coronavirus pandemic and war over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Ankara continues to protest over the move, which citied "Ottoman" forces, rather than Turkey or its precursor, the Ottoman Empire.