Karabakh conflict was about to be settled in 1998, according to the first Armenian President, Armenian National Congress (ANC) leader Levon Ter-Petrossian.

“What could be accomplished 13 years ago, is attempted now, at the expense of great losses,” he said in an interview with Moscovskie Novosti newspaper.

“Legal consequences of a referendum in Karabakh are not even discussed. The development of events suggests a much tougher situation than it used to be. Unfortunately, any decision taken now would be worse than the one 13 years ago,” the first Armenian president said.

As Ter-Petrossian noted, there’s a probability for success in Karabakh conflict settlement, while Russia is involved as a mediator, still, “the war is possible if the process fails. Azerbaijan will simply run out of patience.” “Armenia will never initiate a war. Azerbaijan will be the one to start it. And the most dangerous thing is, no one can hold it back,” he said.