On his return from a personal visit to the U.S., Levon Ter-Petrossian told journalists at Yerevan\'s Zvartnots Airport on 24 November that he believes a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with terms as favorable as those offered in 1997 is no longer possible, and that Armenia is paying a heavy price for failing to accept those terms, RFE/RL\'s Armenian Service reported. In an article published in most Armenian newspapers on 1 November 1997 titled, \"Time for Serious Thought,\" Ter-Petrossian argued that Armenia should agree to concessions rather than risk continued isolation and economic stagnation. That opinion met with resistance from senior Armenian ministers, and the ensuing controversy culminated in Ter-Petrossian\'s forced resignation in February 1998. Ter-Petrossian said on 24 November that no progress has been made toward a solution of the conflict, but declined to say what the present government should do to expedite such a settlement. He hinted that he might return to active politics \"if there is a task, a mission, and I feel that my involvement...is necessary,\" but would not say if he will run in the next presidential election, due in 2008. (RFE/RL)