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An MP from the ruling Yeni (New) Azerbaijan Party Siyavush Novruzov proposes to transfer co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution to other countries.

"As is known, Russia has military bases in Armenia and arms the country. France calls itself as 'sister' of Armenia and cannot hold an objective position in the conflict. Also there is a strong Armenian diaspora in the U.S. which prevents Washington being independent in this matter," Novruzov said.

"I believe that the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group should be stopped or the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be discussed by the UN Security Council," he said.

The Minsk Group, established in 1992 and co-chaired by France, Russia and the United States, has been working to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which emerged in 1988 and boiled into a brutal war in the early 1990s. A fragile ceasefire has been in place since 1994.

Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.