Russian President Vladimir Putin presented Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with the country’s highest state honor—the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called. The award ceremony took place in the Catherine Hall of the Senate Palace in the Kremlin.
Lavrov was awarded by a presidential decree dated March 21, on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
The Russian Foreign Minister received the order “for outstanding services to the Fatherland, his significant contribution to the development and implementation of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation, and many years of fruitful public service.”
