The demand for peace is my demand, not Azerbaijan's, Armenia National Assembly speaker Alen Simonyan told reporters Thursday.

He assured that the existence of a delimited and demarcated border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as the return of Azerbaijani villages to Azerbaijan and the return of the Armenian village to Armenia is his demand.

In response to the remark that Azerbaijani troops are not leaving the territory of Armenia, Simonyan noted: "And are there no Armenian troops on the territory of Azerbaijan? This refers to those parts of the border that are not delimited, not only the enclave. In many places they [i.e. Azerbaijan] are ahead, in many places we [i.e. Armenia] are ahead. They control 210 square kilometers of Armenian territory, and under our territory, let's say, 110 square kilometers. For example, in Tavush [Province of Armenia]. Our objective is to hear or not to hear these statements [by Azerbaijani President Aliyev], or to have borders."

The Armenian parliament speaker admitted that the Azerbaijanis are illegally “ahead” in large places. He informed that work is currently underway in Tavush, and border guards have already been deployed in many places in Armenia’s Syunik Province.

As per Simonyan, small countries have always been trading cards and a tool for big powers to spread their influence. According to him, all superpowers seek to increase their influence over small countries, which, in turn, seek to reduce it.

“We [Armenia] should not rush to throw ourselves into the arms of one country, then another, as all external centers have their own interests,” he emphasized.

Alen Simonyan assured that Armenia has not done and is not doing anything against its neighbors, including Iran. He did not rule out the participation of Russia and Iran in the projects to unblock regional communications, and added that they can make respective proposals.

Separately, the speaker of the Armenian parliament said that the concerns that Turkish agricultural and textile products will “choke” Armenia’s market were exaggerated.

"Now there are Turkish products in Armenia," he concluded.