The settlement of any conflict requires that the sides involved are open for dialogue. Chisinau and Tiraspol should take by a step towards each other so as to be able to identify a solution to the Transnistrian dispute, Russian Ambassador to Moldova Valery Kuzmin said in a news conference on Thursday, Info-Prim Neo reports. “If the conflicting sides are not open to each other, the conflict persists. I hope that each of the sides will take this into account and will follow this logic together,” said the diplomat. Valery Kuzmin stated that the negotiation process advances with difficulty, but moves on. Russia, as a guarantor state, makes effort to find a viable solution. The formal talks in the 5+2 format will give a new impetus to the negotiations. “We should not expect wonders. After 20 years of conflict, the negotiators will have a lot of work to do to achieve a positive result,” said the ambassador. According to him, it cannot be said now that somebody does not want the conflict to be resolved. “As far as I know, all the sides got involved in settling the dispute. Evidently, not all the possibilities were used efficiently, but we hope that our efforts in the future discussions will produce results,” said Valery Kuzmin. The formal discussions in the 5+2 format will be resumed in Moscow on June 25.