‘ARMENIA’ SHIP TO DOCK AT SAN PEDRO MONDAY

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Aug 19, 2009

LOS ANGELES-The "Armenia" Ship will dock at San Pedro port on Monday
from 4 to 5 p.m., reported Armenia’s Consulate General of Los Angeles,
and urged the Armenian-American community to greet the ship and
its sailors.

The ship sailed from Valencia, Spain on May 28. Traveling to Gibraltar,
the ship crossed the Atlantic to Barbados and sailed through the
Panama Canal. After the stop in San Pedro, the ship will continue to
sail to New Zealand, Australia, over to the Indian Ocean from where
it will travel to Indonesia, Singapore, India and then to the Persian
Gulf. After traversing the Red and Mediterranean seas, it will make
its final stop in Beirut.

The captain of the ship, Zory Balayan said that he and the crew are
determined to cross the oceans that their ancestors have in order to
create a bond between Armenia and Diaspora communities.

On Monday, the "Armenia" ship will dock at Berth 76, San Pedro,
CA 90731