Last updated: Saturday, December 27, 2008
AZNAVOUR AWARDED ARMENIAN CITIZENSHIP
Veteran French singer CHARLES AZNAVOUR has been granted Armenian citizenship by presidential decree.
The 84-year-old singer - born Shahnur Aznavourian - was born in Paris, France to Armenian parents.
He serves as Armenia's permanent delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Aznavour also set up a foundation and organised a series of charity concerts to help earthquake victims in the country, ravaged by the 1988 disaster which left 25,000 people dead.
The presidency of the ex-Soviet republic said on Friday (26Dec08): "Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has signed a decree granting Armenian citizenship to the prominent singer and public figure, a hero of the Armenian people, Charles Aznavour."
Source: WENN
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