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PRESIDENT GREETS ARMENIA SAILING VESSEL'S CREW
Tert.am
12.08.11
President Serzh Sargsyan, who is currently in Cyprus on a working
visit, attended Armenia sailing vessels trip closing event on Thursday.
Meeting his Cypriot counterpart Dimitris Christofias on Limassol's
port, the president welcomed the crew members, congratulating them
on the completion of the historical cruise.
After the greeting ceremony, the captain of the crew, Zori Balayan,
briefed the president on the naval expedition which set off on May
28, 2009 (Armenia's First Republic Day) on Spain's Valencia port and
finished ahead of the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence.
He said the vessel had travelled across the Gibraltar channel, reaching
the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. The crew members visited five
continents where millions of Armenians have been living for centuries.
In his greeting remarks the president praised the crew for completing
its mission with honor.
"You have not only conducted a round-the-world voyage, sailing across
three oceans and dozens of seas but have also crossed rocky roads to
visit our Diaspora compatriots in different corners of the world to
impart the spirit of motherland to the Armenian community and give
a new meaning to the formula of our identity and to our cultural
monuments on different continents," Sargsyan said.
Tert.am
12.08.11
President Serzh Sargsyan, who is currently in Cyprus on a working
visit, attended Armenia sailing vessels trip closing event on Thursday.
Meeting his Cypriot counterpart Dimitris Christofias on Limassol's
port, the president welcomed the crew members, congratulating them
on the completion of the historical cruise.
After the greeting ceremony, the captain of the crew, Zori Balayan,
briefed the president on the naval expedition which set off on May
28, 2009 (Armenia's First Republic Day) on Spain's Valencia port and
finished ahead of the 20th anniversary of Armenia's independence.
He said the vessel had travelled across the Gibraltar channel, reaching
the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. The crew members visited five
continents where millions of Armenians have been living for centuries.
In his greeting remarks the president praised the crew for completing
its mission with honor.
"You have not only conducted a round-the-world voyage, sailing across
three oceans and dozens of seas but have also crossed rocky roads to
visit our Diaspora compatriots in different corners of the world to
impart the spirit of motherland to the Armenian community and give
a new meaning to the formula of our identity and to our cultural
monuments on different continents," Sargsyan said.