Arka News Agency, Armenia
May 11 2006

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES KILIKIA ARMENIAN SHIP’S CREW

YEREVAN, May 11. /ARKA/. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan received
Thursday Kilikia Armenian ship’s crew, presidential press service
told ARKA News Agency. The crew members will travel to London on May
14 to prepare the ship for voyage.
President Kocharyan wished them good luck in their voyage. He said
that negotiations with special overseas companies over construction
of a berth in Lake Sevan are under way now.
The crew members discussed with Kocharyan yachting development
prospects in Armenia. The President pledged support.
At the moment, the ship is in a British harbor. It will start its
voyage on May 28, cross Northern Sea and Baltic Sea and reach Saint
Petersburg in August. Then the ship will sail through river way to
Georgian harbor of Poti. Eventually the ship will be brought to
Armenia.
Kilikia is constructed by Hayas, Yerevan Sea Exploration Club, like
trade ships of 13 century, on which Kilikian merchants sailed.
The ship construction took 11 years – from May 1991 to May 2001. M.V.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress