An international online event —an exhibition and a concert—took place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, and on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day.

A total of 26 countries, including Armenia, took part in the exhibition, informed the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia.

Armenia’s permanent delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador Christian Ter-Stepanian, also delivered an official message at the opening of this event.

In his remarks, Ter-Stepanian underscored the place and role of the mother language and ensuring its viability in the preservation and transmission of intangible cultural heritage.