YEREVAN OPPOSED TO CONFEDERATION WITH RUSSIA.

Armenian prime minister Hrant Bagratian said April 28 that he and his government oppose recent proposals for an Armenian-Russian confederation, the BBC reported May 1. He said that the supporters of such a confederation, whom he identified as mostly communists, would trade the state sovereignty of Armenia for a few kilograms of butter. Bagratian said that he expected Moscow to oppose this idea as well.

Tajik Government Calls For Ceasefire.