Baghdasaryan refutes reports of Pashinyan approving holding April 7  LGBT  parade in Yerevan 

ArmInfo. Claims circulating in the media and on social media that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has approved holding an LGBT community parade in Yerevan on April 7 are false, as stated by Nazeli Baghdasaryan, the Prime Minister's spokesperson.

"The disseminated material bears the typical hallmarks of Foreign  Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) and is a component  of hybrid influence campaigns. The author of the publication, Okay  Deprem, has previously repeatedly disseminated false and manipulative  information about the state institutions of Armenia, as recorded by  both Armenian and international expert circles," Baghdasaryan wrote  on her social media account.

According to her, the purpose of such publications is the  polarization of society and the weakening of  trust in state  institutions ahead of the electoral processes.

Under the post, Nazeli Baghdasaryan shared a screenshot from the CGTN  Turk website (the Turkish- language platform of the China Global  Television Network) and the Azerbaijani website Haqqin.az. In the  CGTN publication, its author, Okay Deprem, notes that "Armenia is one  of the neighboring countries where LGBT movement has rapidly begun  organizing in recent years, first attempting to legalize and then  preparing to take to the streets." Recently, reports have emerged  that the LGBT movement is planning a new march and a new rally in the  country after many years. It's even claimed that the llong-planned  Western-born movement will hold its first "Love Parade" in the  capital, Yerevan, along Tamanyan Avenue, one of the city's main   streets. Furthermore, according to some rumors, Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan is also said to be open to legalizing the movement and its  entry into the public sphere to gain another "plus" from the Western  world. he loves so much. "This event is scheduled for April 7-the day  Armenians traditionally celebrate Motherhood and Beauty Day."