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    ARMENIAN PM MEETS WITH CREW OF "KILIKIA" SAILER

    ARKA News Agency, Armenia
    May 10 2006

    YEREVAN, May 10. /ARKA/. Armenian Premier Andranik Margaryan met
    with the crew of "Kilikia" sailer that will leave for London to start
    the third round of the trip. The press service and public relations
    department of the RA Government reported that during the meeting the
    captain Karen Balayan, publicist Zory Balayan and other members of the
    crew showed Margaryan the preparatory work for the final round of the
    trip and pointed out that they act in keeping with the scheduled plan.

    At the moment, the sailer is moored at the coasts of South England.

    According to the schedule, the ship will head to the French port Calais
    on 28 May. After crossing North and Baltic Seas through territories of
    about 10 countries "Kilikia" will arrive to St.-Petersburg in August
    2006, and then to the Black Sea port Poti through a river path.

    Then, the ship will be transported to Armenia by land. Next year in
    spring it will cast anchor on Lake Sevan, and will "become one of
    the symbols the Armenian history, creative thought and the Armenian
    people".

    The Armenian Premier assured that as well as during the previous
    rounds of the trip, this time the government will assist as far as
    possible with the preparatory work and solution of problems occurring
    during the sailing.

    "Kilikia" sailer was build by members of the Yerevan club of marine
    explorations "Hayas" and resembles Armenian merchant ships of the 13th
    century. The ship was restored according to medieval manuscripts and
    miniatures and built with application of medieval technologies.

    Creators of the ship spent 11 years to build it: from May 1991 to May
    2001. During two years the ship was tested under sail on Lake Sevan.

    In autumn 2004, for the first time in 800 years, a ship with the
    Armenian flag put out to sea, heading from Poti to Sukhumi - Sochi -
    Burgas - Athens - Beyrut - Haifa - Alexandria - Iraklion - Dubrovnik -
    Cadis - Lisbon and many other European ports.

    It is the exact route of Kilikian merchants who had close trade
    relations with these cities.
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