President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan attended a special ceremony welcoming “Armenia” vessel on Thursday which docked at Limassol, Cyprus Mail newspaper reports.

Limassol is the final destination for vessel’s epic world trip, started on May 18, 2009 in Valencia, Spain. Vessel’s arrival in Limassol coincides with 20th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Armenia.

Addressing the Armenian President, his Cypriot counterpart said he was glad to welcome him and the vessel Armenia to Cyprus, the newspaper writes.

 “It is a great honor for such trip to end in Cyprus, a symbol of the excellent relations between Cyprus and Armenia.

The brotherly relations between Cyprus and Armenia are founded on common traditions, the struggle to survive and to progress, based on faith towards international law, peace, independence and freedom of peoples and respect of human rights,” said Christofias.