BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 30. Salim Karimov, a representative of the Azerbaijani diaspora, was elected as an MP of Kyrgyzstan's Kant city council with the support of the 'Birlik' Public Union of Azerbaijanis in the country, a source in the State Committee on Work with Diaspora told Trend.
According to the source, Kant city, where the largest Azerbaijani community in Kyrgyzstan resides, has a street named after the outstanding statesman of the Turkic world, the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev.
In 2016, a memorandum of partnership was signed between the city and Azerbaijan's Guba district.
To note, along with his public activities, Karimov is involved in entrepreneurship and charitable work.
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