YEREVAN, May 17. /Mediamax/. Head of "Unity" faction, Galust Sahakian sharply criticized today the initiative of the Armenian communists, who organized a rally Wednesday demanding Armenia's accession to Russia-Belarus Union.

YEREVAN, May 17. /Mediamax/. All the political forces, represented in the parliament, excluding the communists, speak against Armenia's joining to Russia-Belarus Union, deputy from National-Democratic Union (NDU) faction, Filaret Berikian said today at a briefing in Yerevan.

YEREVAN, May 17. /Mediamax/. Israel is of economic interest to Armenia, and the activation of relations between the businessmen of both countries will allow to create necessary legal base for cooperation.

YEREVAN, May 17. /Mediamax/. Deputy of the Armenian parliament from National-Democratic Union (NDU) faction, Filaret Berikian doesn't exclude that at the stage of minute discussion of the peace agreement on Karabakh, Azerbaijan will frustrate it, leaving the negotiation process.

YEREVAN, May 17. /Mediamax/. Leader of "National Unity" party Artashes Geghamian expressed today at a briefing in Yerevan his concern about the possible granting of communication corridor to Azerbaijan to link to Nakhichevan on the territory of Armenia.

YEREVAN, May 17. /Mediamax/. The message of the Foreign Minister of Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) Naira Melkumian and the Memorandum of NKR Foreign Ministry have been spread in the United Nations Organization as official documents of the 56th session of the General Assembly.

YEREVAN, May 17. /Mediamax/. The visit of the Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group on Karabakh conflict settlement to Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) is planned on May 19th.

YEREVAN, May 17. /Mediamax/. The proposal to leave "nominally" Nagorno Karabakh within Azerbaijan means that Nagorno Karabakh will never be de jure recognized as an independent state and all the issues regarding it will be considered the domestic affairs of Azerbaijan.

YEREVAN, May 17. /Mediamax/. Armenia's main problem in Karabakh negotiations is the possibility of giving back the liberated territories, leader of Democratic party of Armenia Aram Sarkisian said today in Yerevan, speaking at a round-table organized by the "In defense of Nagorno Karabakh Republic" organizational committee and "In defense of liberated territories" public initiative.

YEREVAN, May 17. /Mediamax/. The U.S. Trade and Development Agency will allocate a $400 thousand grant for studying the possibility of creation of an air transport control system in South Caucasus countries.