On 4 October 2020, President Ilham Aliyev, in his position as Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, congratulated Mirzayev, as well as Major General Mais Barkhudarov, and the personnel they led on the capture of the city of Jabrayil and nine villages of Jabrayil District. On 17 October, by decree of President Aliyev, Mirzayev was awarded the rank of Lieutenant general On 8 November, Aliyev congrulated him on capture of Shusha. On 10 December, Mirzayev led the servicemen of the Special Forces of the Ministry of Defense who marched in the Baku Victory Parade.