Leaving the Venetian port, Cilicia Armenian sailing ship will continue its voyage May 9, 2005, Arminfo news agency reported. As Cilicia captain and Ayas Club Chairman Karen Balayan noted at today's press conference, the stay of Cilicia in European and Near Eastern seaports was marked with arousing interest towards the history of Armenia, revival of the social life of the Armenian Diaspora. Armenian sailors, having only the experience of sailing the Lake Sevan, mastered the Black and Mediterranean, Marmara and Aegean Seas. An exhibition devoted to the 20-th anniversary of Ayas Club. This April Cilicia voyage will be presented in a documentary. In 2006 after the third stage of the expedition, the route of which is not determined yet, the sailer will be delivered to Armenia. After that the opening of the Sea Museum and the issue of Navigation Pages of Armenia book are planned. Karen Balayan specially thanked Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian for the diplomatic support to the expedition.