President Ilham Aliyev signed the Decree "On awarding persons actively participating in the social and political life of the Republic of Azerbaijan." According to the decree, for active participation in the public and political life of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the head of the laboratory of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies, correspondent member of ANAS Ibrahim Azizov was awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, 3rd degree, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the creation of the New Azerbaijan Party.