“The Greeks and the Greeks, wherever they are, are gladly welcoming the establishment of 9 February as” World Day of Greek Language “by UNESCO.

So, from now on, the whole world will honor, every year, the vehicle with which the values ​​of the country that gave birth to democracy has been traveling over the centuries and founded philosophy and sciences, “Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a Facebook post.

“This is, without a doubt, a success of our cultural diplomacy. A proof of the international resonance that Homer’s language always has. Of Byzantine scholars. Of Makrigiannis. And Seferis. As well as an annual opportunity to see its creative continuity through the conquests of modern Greece, “the prime minister added.

And he said: “The joint decision of 88 states to choose as a reference and honor on the day of our national poet’s death also makes us double proud. Not only because it recognizes the identification of our language with the historical course of the nation. But also why she denotes her universal human load. So that all the citizens of the world can keep Odysseus Elytis in thought: “My language gave me Greek”.