MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/. UAE Ambassador to Russia Mohammad Ahmed Al-Jaber has been awarded with Russia’s Order of Friendship, according Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree that was posted on the official portal of legal information on Monday.

The order was awarded to the UAE diplomat "for his big contribution to strengthening Russian-UAE relations."

Apart from that, the Order of Friendship was awarded to Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yury Filatov "for his big contribution to the implementation of Russia’s foreign policy course and years-long honest diplomatic service."