Macron: Aznavour was the son, the ambassador, the friend of Armenia

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Oct 5 2018
Macron: Aznavour was the son, the ambassador, the friend of Armenia Macron: Aznavour was the son, the ambassador, the friend of Armenia

14:15, 05.10.2018
                  

Charles Aznavour was the son, the ambassador, the friend of Armenia, and the 1988 earthquake marked the beginning of his commitment to Armenia, President of France Emmanuel Macron said during the homage to Aznavour in Paris on Friday.

“He sang as if his life depended on it. He knew the tragedy of history and he was also familiar with hope. He gave a voice to those who have been silenced,” Macron said.

The French leader emphasized that through Charles Aznavour today we have an opportunity to remember “what we owe as a nation to all those Armenians fleeing their homeland and coming to  grow ours”.

“His songs were never just a summer hit, they were a soothing balm. He was a narrator of his times who took upon himself the pains of the day and bore it for us,” Macron said.

He added that “some of heroes become heroes with their blood, others with their use of and love for the language”, and the source of Charles Aznavour’s poetry was the French language.

“The poet makes the hard work of living easier. In France, poets never die. Long live the [French] Republic,” he concluded.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS