Aznavour funeral: France pays national homage to great singer (live, update)

France bid adieu to the late Franco-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour in a solemn ceremony at Les Invalides in Paris on Friday, with French President Emmanuel Macron and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pachinian delivering the eulogies.

French President Emmanuel Macron also delivered a speech at the ceremony in the courtyard of Les Invalides, a complex of buildings and monuments related to French military history.

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan are also in attandace.

Aznavour was found dead on Monday at his home in Mouries in southeastern France.