"CILICIA" ARMENIAN VESSEL WAS SOLEMNLY WELCOMED IN MARSEL
YEREVAN, JULY 6. ARMINFO. "Cilicia" Armenian vessel was solemnly
welcomed in France on July 3, 2005.
As ARMINFO was informed in the Press and Information Department,
Armenia's Ambassador to France Eduard Nalbandyan, heads of the Marsel
municipality, senators, deputies and more than thousand
representatives of the Armenian Diaspora were presented at the
reception.
Nalbandyan in his welcome speech stressed that Marsel has been a
hospitable landing place for Armenians from time immemorial and "the
saving coast for those saved by a miracle".
The crew of "Cilicia" will be in Marsel till July 6 giving residents
of Marsel an opportunity to visit the vessel. In 2005, "Cilicia" will
visit Barcelona, Kartakhena, Kadis, Lisbon, La-Corunya, San-Sebastian,
La-Roshel, Brest, Korke, Dublin, Portsmouth, and Amsterdam. The second
stage of the cruise started on May 5, 2005 will last four months,
afterwards the crew plans to wait till spring in Amsterdam.
YEREVAN, JULY 6. ARMINFO. "Cilicia" Armenian vessel was solemnly
welcomed in France on July 3, 2005.
As ARMINFO was informed in the Press and Information Department,
Armenia's Ambassador to France Eduard Nalbandyan, heads of the Marsel
municipality, senators, deputies and more than thousand
representatives of the Armenian Diaspora were presented at the
reception.
Nalbandyan in his welcome speech stressed that Marsel has been a
hospitable landing place for Armenians from time immemorial and "the
saving coast for those saved by a miracle".
The crew of "Cilicia" will be in Marsel till July 6 giving residents
of Marsel an opportunity to visit the vessel. In 2005, "Cilicia" will
visit Barcelona, Kartakhena, Kadis, Lisbon, La-Corunya, San-Sebastian,
La-Roshel, Brest, Korke, Dublin, Portsmouth, and Amsterdam. The second
stage of the cruise started on May 5, 2005 will last four months,
afterwards the crew plans to wait till spring in Amsterdam.