The closure of boarding schools in Armenia is linked to the Istanbul Convention, Hayk Ayvazyan, head of the Luys Information and Analytical Center told reporters on Wednesday.

According to him, attempts are being made in Armenia under pressure from Western forces to introduce a guardianship system that has been operating in Europe for many years.

“The essence of the system is that centers are created that are managed by public organizations that receive money from the state budget for child custody. The more children will be in these centers, the more money they will receive,” he said adding that now the situation in Europe is critical, especially in the Scandinavian countries, where children are taken away literally under the slightest excuse.

Ayvazyan recalled that on June 20, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia Zhanna Andreasyan said that AMD 0.5 billion had been allocated to four organizations for day-сare centers for children.

“While on June 7, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Zaruhi Batoyan signed a tripartite memorandum on taking preventive measures to prevent domestic violence, where other parties to the memorandum were LGBT people, as Maro Matosyan, Susanna Vardanyan, and others.”

According to him, ratification of the Convention implies a ban on obstructing the free propaganda of same-sex unions.