ITAR-TASS News Agency
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May 28, 2005 Saturday 10:18 AM Eastern Time
French singer Aznavour to visit Georgia Sunday
By Tengiz Pachkoria
TBILISI
French singer and composer Charles Aznavour will visit Georgia on
Sunday at the invitation of its president.
It will be his first trip to Georgia. Aznavour, 81, is expected to
arrive in Tbilisi Sunday noon. He will then make a helicopter trip to
Akhaltsikhe, a town in the south of Georgia, where his father was
born and where his grandparents are buried.
Aznavour is of Armenian decent. About 100 years ago, the Aznavuryan
family left Georgia for Greece and then went to France, where Charles
was born.
His distant relatives live in Akhaltsikhe. One of them, Laura
Bagdasaryan, told journalists several days ago that “the photographs
of the singer’s grandfather, grandmother and father are kept here
with reverence”.
Akhaltsikhe is preparing a concert and a warm reception for Aznavour.
The singer will end his visit to Georgia on Sunday evening.
From: Baghdasarian