BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 7.
Six Azerbaijanis in Sweden have secured seats in the Riksdag (the
country's legislative body) as well as in regional and municipal
councils following the latest general election.
This was reported by the State Committee on Work with
Diaspora.
According to the committee, a member of the Swedish Social
Democratic Party and one of the party's official spokespersons on
transport policy, Aylin Nuri, has been elected as a Member of the
Swedish Parliament. A member of the Center Party, Aida Karimli,
became a member of the Västra Götaland Regional Council and an MP
following the election. Additionally, Turan Aliyev (Centre Party)
was elected to the Partille Municipal Council, Aytaj Guliyeva (head
of the Green Party's Haninge branch) to the Haninge Municipal
Council, and Conservative Party members Aygun Alakbarova and Rihad
Alakbarov to the Älvkarleby and Gävle Municipal Councils,
respectively.
"The membership of our compatriots in various Swedish political
parties and their representation in elected bodies at different
levels have been viewed as an indication of their active
participation in the country's socio-political life," the committee
noted.
