A total of €1,330,000 was collected during the four-day phonathon that was held in Paris, and to raise funds for the development of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
French Armenian Nouvelles d’Arménie monthly magazine correspondent Jean Eckian informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that 800 people attended the banquet devoted to this phonathon, and they were invited by the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.
Funds were raised also to help Syrian and Iraqi Armenians.
World-renowned French Armenian singer, songwriter, actor, public activist, and diplomat Charles Aznavour (born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian), and numerous other celebrities as well as politicians and diplomats attended this dinner.