Order of Friendship (Kazakhstan)

{{more citations needed|date=October 2013}} {{infobox award | name = Order of Friendship | image = OrdenDostik2st.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = Order of Friendship, 2nd class | presenter = {{KAZ}} | country = | type = | eligibility = | awarded_for = The promotion of international and civil consensus in society and the promotion of peace, friendship and cooperation between peoples. | campaign = | status = | description = | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = | established = 1995 | firstawarded = | lastawarded = | total_awarded = | total_awarded_posthumously = | total_recipients = | precedence_label = | individual = | higher = | same = | lower = | related = | image2 = OrdenDostik.png | image2_size = 72px | caption2 = Ribbon of the order }} The '''Order of Friendship''' ({{langx|kk|Достық ордені}}, ''Dostyq ordenı'') is a state award of the Republic of Kazakhstan, introduced in 1995. It is awarded to individuals for the promotion of international and civil consensus in society and the promotion of peace, friendship and cooperation between peoples.<ref name=orex>{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan state awards |publisher=OrexCA.com |year=2003–2011 |url=http://www.kazakhstan.orexca.com/awards_kazakhstan.shtml |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref>

The ribbon is red with two narrow yellow central stripes and a green edge and a blue edge. The award has two classes. Recipients of the 1st class receive a star badge and the decoration symbol fitted with a shoulder ribbon. Recipients of the 2nd class receive a medal.<ref name=orex />

==Recipients== ===First Class=== {{Col div}} * William Ruto (2026) * Theyazin bin Haitham (2026)<ref>{{cite news |title=Токаев наградил вице-премьера Омана орденом |url=https://forbes.kz/articles/tokaev-nagradil-vitse-premera-omana-ordenom-0fb7ac |access-date=1 May 2026}}</ref> * Andrej Babiš (2026)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kassym-Jomart Tokayev awards 1st class Dostyq Order to Andrej Babiš |url=https://qazinform.com/news/kassym-jomart-tokayev-awards-1st-class-dostyq-order-to-andrej-babi-b0e44f |access-date=1 May 2026}}</ref> * Sergio Mattarella (2025) * To Lam (2025) * Halimah Yacob (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|lang=en|url=https://www.inform.kz/en/tokayev-awards-president-halimah-yacob-of-singapore-with-1st-degree-dostyk-order_a4069963|title=Tokayev awards President Halimah Yacob of Singapore with 1st-degree Dostyk Order|website=www.inform.kz|date=2023-05-22|access-date=}}</ref> * Viktor Orbán (2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Head of State awarded Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban with the Order Dostyk of I degree |url=https://www.akorda.kz/en/1-2104619 |access-date=1 May 2026}}</ref> * Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2022)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Guldogan |first1=Diyar |title=Türkiye continues to support Kazakhstan's territorial integrity: President Erdogan |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/turkiye-continues-to-support-kazakhstans-territorial-integrity-president-erdogan/2709685 |access-date=12 October 2022 |work=Anadolu Agency |date=12 October 2022}}</ref> * Valentina Matviyenko (2019) * Anatoly Torkunov (2019) * Aleksandar Vučić (2018) * Tomislav Nikolić (2016)<ref name="AKIpress News Agency 2016">{{cite web|title=Nazarbayev awards Serbia's President Nikolic a 1st degree order of friendship | website=AKIpress News Agency | date=2016-08-24 | url=https://akipress.com/news:581442 |access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref> * François Hollande (2015)<ref name="Times 2015">{{cite web |last=Times |first=Astana|title=Nazarbayev Visits France, Improves Business Ties, Addresses 38th UNESCO Conference|website=The Astana Times|date=2015-11-09|url=https://astanatimes.com/2015/11/nazarbayev-visits-france-improves-business-ties-addresses-38th-unesco-conference/ |access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref> * Lee Kuan Yew (2012)<ref name="Guriev Treisman 2022 p. 47">{{cite book | last=Guriev | first=S. | last2=Treisman | first2=D. | title=Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century | publisher=Princeton University Press | year=2022 | isbn=978-0-691-22446-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ThCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA47 | access-date=2022-11-06 | page=47}}</ref> * Sergey Lavrov (2012) * Hillary Clinton (2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=К. Саудабаев и Х.Клинтон подтверждают обоюдное намерение укреплять стратегическое партнерство |url=https://www.inform.kz/ru/k-saudabaev-i-h-klinton-podtverzhdayut-oboyudnoe-namerenie-ukreplyat-strategicheskoe-partnerstvo_a2344580 |website=Казинформ |access-date=1 May 2026 |language=ru |date=26 January 2011}}</ref> * Ban Ki-moon (2010) * Mintimer Shaimiev (2010) * Yevgeny Primakov (2007) * László Sólyom (2007) * Mikhail Kalashnikov (2003)<ref>{{cite news |title=Президент РК наградил оружейного конструктора Калашникова орденом “Достык” |url=https://www.caravan.kz/news/prezident-rk-nagradil-oruzhejjnogo-konstruktora-kalashnikova-ordenom-dostyk-184567/ |access-date=1 May 2026 |work=Караван |date=7 May 2003 |language=ru}}</ref> * Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2001)<ref name="d2001">{{cite web |title= Указ Президента от 10.12.2001 N 737 * "О НАГРАЖДЕНИИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫМИ НАГРАДАМИ РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЗАХСТАН" |url=http://kazakhstan.news-city.info/docs/sistemsv/dok_oegprz/page3.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912112819/http://kazakhstan.news-city.info/docs/sistemsv/dok_oegprz/page3.htm |access-date=1 May 2026 |archive-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> * Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (2001)<ref name="d2001" /> * George H. W. Bush (2001)<ref name="d2001" /> * Margaret Thatcher (2001)<ref name="d2001" /> * Klaus Schwab (2001)<ref name="d2001" /> * Alexy II of Moscow (2001)<ref name="d2001" /> * Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (2001)<ref name="d2001" /> * Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (2001)<ref name="d2001" /> * Qaboos bin Said (2001)<ref name="d2001" /> * Zhang Deguang (2001)<ref name="d2001" /> * Sam Brownback (2001)<ref name="d2001" /> * Valdas Adamkus (2000)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vilnews.com/2012-05-13901|title=Good morning, Mr. President!|website=vilnews.com|date=2012-05-13|access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref>

===Second Class=== {{Col div}} * Tao Mingxiu (2026)<ref>{{Cite web |title=通讯｜“马背可以成为一座桥”——云南姑娘获哈萨克斯坦友谊勋章-新华网 |url=https://www.news.cn/world/20260410/14e37b92e26044abaea87c3a16c6a637/c.html |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=www.news.cn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-04-04 |title=中国博主获二级“友谊 |url=https://cn.inform.kz/news/zhongguozhuer-jinzhongrenwenke-35d0f2/ |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=cn.inform.kz |language=zh}}</ref> * Samir Somaiya (2025)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Balakrishnan |first1=S |title=Somaiya Vidyavihar University Chancellor Samir Shantilal Somaiya Becomes First Indian To Receive Kazakhstan's Order Of Dostyk |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-news-somaiya-vidyavihar-university-chancellor-samir-shantilal-somaiya-becomes-first-indian-to-receive-kazakhstans-order-of-dostyk |access-date=4 November 2025 |work=Free Press Journal |date=25 September 2025}}</ref> * Péter Szijjártó (2025)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.akorda.kz/ru/prezident-kazahstana-prinyal-ministra-inostrannyh-del-vengrii-petera-siyyarto-1713032 |title=Президент Казахстана принял министра иностранных дел Венгрии Петера Сийярто |date=17 February 2025 |access-date=1 May 2026}}</ref> * Elena Rybakina (2022)<ref name="Carayol 2022">{{cite web | last=Carayol | first=Tumaini | title=Elena Rybakina: 'My coach got a tattoo of my name. It's crazy but we had a bet' | website=the Guardian | date=2022-08-24 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/aug/24/elena-rybakina-my-coach-got-a-tattoo-of-my-name-its-crazy-bet-wimbledon-us-open | access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref> * Sergei Tsyrulnikov (2022)<ref name="adyrna.kz">{{cite web | title=A number of citizens of the country were awarded with state awards - "Adyrna" national portal | website=adyrna.kz | url=https://adyrna.kz/en/post/107356 | access-date=2022-11-06}}</ref> * Ben van Beurden (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://informburo.kz/novosti/tokaev-obsudil-razrabotku-neftegazovyh-mestorozhdenij-kazahstana-s-rukovodstvom-kompanii-shell|title=Токаев обсудил разработку нефтегазовых месторождений Казахстана с руководством компании Shell|website=informburo.kz|date=2022-11-09}}</ref> * Igor Krutoy (2019)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ria.ru/20190729/1556965029.html|title=Президент Казахстана наградил Игоря Крутого орденом "Дружба" |publisher=Ria News|access-date=28 September 2019|language=ru}}</ref> * Valentina Matviyenko (2016) * Irina Bokova (2014) * Kirk Tinsley (2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tengizchevroil.com/docs/default-source/tco-newsletter/eng/2011/01-163_eng.pdf|title=Prominent State Awards for TCO Team Members|access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref> * Joseph Kobzon (2008) * Eduard Rossel (2007) * Anatoly Torkunov (2006) * Sergey Lavrov (2005) * Viktor Khristenko (2004) * Graham Allison (2002)<ref>{{cite web |title=Указ Президента от 12.12.2002 N 998 * "О НАГРАЖДЕНИИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫМИ НАГРАДАМИ РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЗАХСТАН" |url=http://kazakhstan.news-city.info/docs/sistemsx/dok_iedhfb.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150512001207/http://kazakhstan.news-city.info/docs/sistemsx/dok_iedhfb.htm |access-date=1 May 2026 |archive-date=12 May 2015}}</ref> * Vladimir Solovyov (2001)<ref name="d2001" /> {{Col div end}} ===One-degree Order === {{Col div}} * Viktor Sadovnichiy (1998) * Yury Glazkov (1998) * Andy Thomas (1998)<ref name="d1998">{{cite web |title= Указ Президента Республики Казахстан от 11 ноября 1998 года N 4138 О награждении государственными наградами Республики Казахстан членов экипажей 25-ой и 26-ой космических экспедиций|url=http://bayterek.kz/info/ukaz.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916042835/http://bayterek.kz/info/ukaz.php |access-date=1 May 2026 |archive-date=16 September 2019}}</ref> * Yuri Baturin (1998)<ref name="d1998" /> * Léopold Eyharts (1998)<ref name="d1998" /> {{Col div end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.medals.org.uk/kazakhstan/kazakhstan008.htm Republic of Kazakhstan: Order of Friendship]

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