Award or decoration | Country | Date | Place | Note | Ref |
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| Honorary Member of the Xirka Ġieħ ir-Repubblika | Malta | 5 December 1975 | Valletta | Former highest decoration of the Republic of Malta, now second highest honour. Revoked. | [11] [12] |
| Order of the Balkan Mountains | Bulgaria | 17 June 1978 | Sofia | Bulgarian highest order of merit. | [13] |
| Grand Star of Peoples' Friendship | East Germany | 26 June 1978 | | | [14] |
| Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Poland | Poland | June 1978 | Warsaw | | [15] |
| Collar of the Order of the White Lion | Czechoslovakia | 1982 | Prague | Czechoslovakian highest order. | [16] |
| Hero of the Republic | North Korea | 1982 | Pyongyang | Second highest title of North Korea. | [17] |
| Order of the National Flag, First Class | North Korea | 1982 | Pyongyang | Second highest order of North Korea. | [17] |
| Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic | Nigeria | 11 May 1997 | Abuja | Nigerian highest honour. | [18] [19] |
| Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope | South Africa | 29 October 1997 | Tripoli | Former South African highest order. | [20] [21] |
| Great Chain of Badr | Saudi Arabia | 3 June 1999 | Sirte | Highest honour of Saudi Arabia. | [22] |
| Great Star of the Order of the Yugoslav Star | Yugoslavia | 18 November 1973 | Belgrade | Highest order of merit in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. | [23] |
Yugoslavia | 26 October 1999 | Tripoli | Second highest order of merit in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Only person to be awarded this decoration twice. | [24] |
| Collar of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise | Ukraine | 11 October 2003 | | Ukrainian third highest order. | [25] [26] |
| Collar of the National Order of Merit | Malta | 8 February 2004 | | Republic of Malta highest order. Revoked. | [11] [12] |
| Order of Katonga | Uganda | 20 May 2004 | Tripoli | Ugandan highest military order. | [27] [28] |
| Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky | Ukraine | 4 April 2008 | | | [29] [30] |
| Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of the Gambia | Gambia | 22 July 2009 | Banjul | Gambian highest decoration. | [31] |
| Grand Collar of the Order of the Liberator | Venezuela | 28 September 2009 | Isla Margarita | Former Venezuelan highest distinction. | [32] [33] |
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