Azerbaijani parliamentarians propose dismiss of France from co-chair of OSCE Minsk group

BAKU (A.A) - Several Azerbaijani parliamentarians proposed to dismiss France from its mission as co-chair of Minsk Group at the Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Oktay Asadov said on Wednesday that France lost its spiritual right as co-chair of Minsk Group which undertakes a mediation role in solution of the problem of Upper Karabagh that is under occupation of Armenia. Recently, French Senate adopted a law which penalizes the denial of Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents during Ottoman Empire period. Under the law, people, who deny the Armenian allegations, are sentenced to one year in prison and 45,000 euro fine. On Tuesday, 77 senators and 65 parliamentarians in France applied to French Constitutional Council for the annulment of the law. The Council will announce its decision within a month. All parliamentarians at Azerbaijani Parliament including Asadov supported the proposal. Asadov said that Azerbaijan would try every possible way to support Turkey.