On 22 May 2020, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev awarded the State Prize of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the fields of science for 2020 to Nazim Timur oglu Mamedov, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan to JINR, Imameddin Rajabali oglu Amiraslanov, Nadir Allahverdi oglu Abdullaev, and Zia Sakhaveddin oglu Aliev. The State Prize of Azerbaijan 2020 was awarded for the collection of scientific articles on the topic “New quantum state of matter — antiferromagnetic topological insulator: design, main electronic properties and application prospects”. The JINR Directorate sent congratulations to the colleagues and friends and wishes of new great successes for the benefit of science and international cooperation.