YEREVAN. – A clash took place during Monday’s March of Diversity underway in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan. The conflict occurred between the police and a group of youth who are obstructing the event (photo).

The youth had formed a human chain in an attempt to not allow the march participants enter the building of the Painters’ Union, where an exhibition is underway.     

The law enforcement officers, however, opened up the way and the event participants entered the building unobstructed.

But prior to this incident, there was a tense situation all through the march, because the youth, who consider themselves “patriots,” had hurled derogatory and insulting comments at the activists taking part in the March of Diversity.

The youth who are obstructing the event called its participants “gays” and stated: “You are not Armenian! You are the disgrace of this nation!”, Armenian News-NEWS.am’s reporter informed from the scene.      

But the event organizers say their march has no connection with homosexuals.  

“Even though the Armenian society is very homogeneous, people who differ from the majority also live in Armenia,” the organizers’ statement reads in particular.