VivaCell-MTS, Mobile TeleSystems OJSC subsidiary, hosted Silk Road Stop/Village Welcome Center presentation in Ptghavan village, near Georgian border.

The event featured local folk performances as well as souvenirs fair, offering handwork crafted by Ptghavan villagers and gifted students of Noyemberyan school for disabled and orphaned children.

The project aims is to establish “rest stops” along Armenian Silk Road, to combine rest area amenities with locally made and grown crafts, products and local services.

The project is sponsored by VivaCell-MTS, U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, USAID/CAPS, Honorary Consulate of Italy in Gyumri and Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, VivaCell-MTS press service told PanARMENIAN.Net.