This award was also given to Secretary of the Republic’s Security Council, Yusuf Rakhmon and Head of Caracas city of Venezuela, Carmen Teresa Melendez Rivas.

Nigmatilla Yuldashev has been leading the Prosecutor General's Office of Uzbekistan since 2019. He was reassigned to this position in June 2024.

Russia's “Dustlik” Order was established in 1994 and is presented to Russian citizens and foreigners for their contribution to strengthening cooperation and mutual understanding between peoples, reported by uz.kursiv.media.

Kursiv Uzbekistan earlier reported that Russia had awarded the “Dustlik” Order to Uzbek singer Farrukh Zakirov.