2006 more favorable for progress in Karabakh Conflict Settlement

2006 is more favorable for progress in settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict than the previous years, Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE MG for settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in 1992-1996, Ambassador Vladimir Kazimirov stated in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net. “It is not burdened with electoral campaigns, that both parties will have next year. This does not mean at all that an abrupt break is possible. It is merely necessary to maximally use the opportunities provided this year at least to form preconditions for a peace treaty, which may be reached by 2009-2010. As a matter of fact achieving an agreement is not only possible but necessary. I would call signing a peace accord even a forced, imposed peace,” he remarked.