The President Stevo Pendarovski today he starts his working visit to France, on the occasion of commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Macedonian poet Aco Shopov.

As Pendarovski's Cabinet informs, tomorrow at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris he will address the opening of the international symposium in honor of Aco Shopov, an event within the framework of the celebration of "2023 - Year in honor of Aco Shopov", which is realized under patronage of the Macedonian president. Also, President Pendarovski will attend a poetry performance and exhibition in honor of Shopov.

They inform that the President will have a meeting with the Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azule.

Today in Paris, President Pendarovski will visit the National Institute for Oriental Languages ​​and Civilizations - INALCO, where he will have a meeting with the director of the institute, Jean Francois-Huchet, as well as a meeting with Frosa Pejoska-Buchereau, head of the Department of Macedonian Studies at INALCO and Gjoko Zdreveski, Macedonian language lecturer at the institute, said in the announcement.

The celebration of the great jubilee is in cooperation with the Organization for Education, Science and Culture of the UN - UNESCO, which, on the initiative of the Republic of North Macedonia, supported and participated in the commemoration of the jubilee, and the patron of the celebration is President Pendarovski.