BARONESS CAROLINE COX AND FILM EDITOR NIKITA MIKHALKOV EXPECTED TO CROSS GIBRALTAR ON BOARD OF CILICIA VESSEL

MOSCOW, APRIL 19. ARMINFO. The second stage of sailing of Cilicia
vessel built on the model of the trading vessels of the Middle Age
Cilician Armenian Kingdom will start from the Venice Island St.Lazar on
May 9. This time, sailors are to pass a way from Venice to Amsterdam.

The captain of the vessel Karen Balayan informed ARMINFO’s
correspondent that the vessel’s entering the Atlantic Ocean would be
ceremonially marked. The member of the House of Lords of the British
Parliament Baroness Caroline Cox and Nikita Mikhalkov are expected
to be on the board of the vessel at that time. A well-known Armenian
publicist, writer Zory Balayan is known to be on the board of the
vessel as well. It is he who intends to invite Caroline Cox and film
editor Nikita Mikhalkov. Besides, several Russian television stars
will also reach Gibraltar by Cilicia. However, the captain kept
their names secret. Wintering in Amsterdam, the sailors intend to
sail around Europe, in particular, to arrive in St. Petersburg and
then to Sea of Azov via Russian rivers, and then to the port Poti,
wherefrom the sailing started.