Azerbaijan, Baku, 7 may / Trend corr. I.Alizade / Arif Rahimzade, Chairman of the standing Parliamentary Commission on Regional issues, believes that the municipalities of Azerbaijan should be united. "There are municipalities with almost 50 members in Azerbaijan. Such municipalities have no financial and other possibilities to implement any measures," Rahimzade stated to Trend .
In 1999, the institute of municipalities was established in Baku. There are 2,765municipalities in the country.
Rahimzade stated that the municipalities would unite so as to tackle the problem regarding financial shortcomings. "Chairmen of most of the municipalities have not even received higher education," Rahimzade said.
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