The Order of Friendship of Peoples () is a state award of the Republic of Belarus. It is the highest award of the Republic of Belarus for foreign citizens.
Statute of the order
The Order of Friendship of Peoples is awarded to citizens:
for a significant contribution to the strengthening of peace, friendly relations and cooperation between states, the consolidation of society and the unity of peoples; for especially fruitful activities for the convergence and mutual enrichment of national cultures; for high achievements in international public, charitable and humanitarian activities; for a great personal contribution to the development and multiplication of the spiritual and intellectual potential of the Republic of Belarus, active work to protect human rights and his social interests; for special services in the development of foreign economic activity, democracy and social progress.
The Order of Friendship of Peoples is worn on a neck ribbon.
Notable recipients (partial list)
Belarus
Pyotr Klimuk
Post-USSR nations
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
Boris Gromov, Soviet-Russian general
Yury Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow
Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow
Valentina Matviyenko
Gennady Zyuganov, General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party
Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic
Borys Paton, former head of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Ilýa Weljanow, Turkmen diplomat and Soviet general
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan
Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of Kyrgyzstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
Karim Massimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
Other nations
Cao Gangchuan, chairman of the Central Military Commission and former Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China. Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela René Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of EgyptЛукашенко наградил Президента Египта орденом Дружбы народов Tomislav Nikolić, President of Serbia