Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili sought to win Armenian voters over to his side through Charles Aznavour’s concert, political expert said.

“With presidential elections due in 2013, the opposition tries hard to win the heart of national minorities including Javakhk Armenians,” Sergey Shakaryants told a press conference, dubbing Aznavour concert another political trick.

“Georgia’s corrupt government fulfilled another order,” the expert said, expressing skepticism over the concert to affect Armenian-Georgian ties.