If invited and at a suitable opportunity, I will visit the neighboring country [i.e. Azerbaijan], and I will invite representatives of all neighboring countries to Armenia. Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party MP candidate, National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan stated this during the parliamentary election debate on Public Television on Monday.

“I can reveal a secret: a forum was recently held in Azerbaijan, and my Azerbaijani counterpart invited me to visit Azerbaijan. But, sadly, due to the pre-election campaign, I declined to participate in the forum’s work,” Simonyan noted. He added that politicians must take responsibility for peace.