Russia's role, as the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing country and a legal successor of the USSR, must increase while solving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, told reporters on Saturday, stated the Azerbaijani Parliament Deputy Speaker Ziyafet Askerov, Trend News reports.

Askerov said that President Medvedev once again voiced Russia's position on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Baku. But he spoke only about the moral obligations. "But I think that the role of Russia as the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing country and a legal successor of the USSR, must increase. It must increase because the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has left from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union created this problem. But Russia is its successor. So, Moscow has big responsibility in resolving this problem," deputy speaker said.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid an official visit to Azerbaijan September 2-3.