KOCHARIAN, ARZUMANIAN DIFFER ON KARABAKH UNIFICATION.

Addressing Armenia’s parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Robert Kocharian suggested that "serious consideration" be given to attaching Karabakh to Armenia as an administrative-territorial unit. However, Foreign Minister Aleksander Arzumanian took the floor to reply that Armenia is committed to OSCE decisions whereby Karabakh’s status will be determined through negotiations in the 10-country forum known as the Minsk conference. (Interfax, May 15) Kocharian was the president of the unrecognized Karabakh republic until his recent appointment as Prime Minister of Armenia.

Referendum on Russia/Belarus Union Called For.