Distinctions
- Doctor Honoris Causa from Tongji University, China
- “Condecoracion de la Orden Jose Matias Delgado” at the grade of Grand Officer, El Salvador
- Officer in the Order of Cultural Merit, Monaco
- Doctor Honoris Causa from Université Laval, Quebec
- Title of Commander of the National Order of Burkina Faso
- Honorary Doctor of Letters from Durham University, United Kingdom
- Doctor Honoris Causa by Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
- Honorary distinction from the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
- Honorary distinction from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
- Honorary Professor by the Tongji University, China
- Doctor honoris causa by the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Etoile de l’Europe distinction of the Robert Schuman Foundation, France
- Doctor honoris causa by the University of Algiers 1, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
- Doctor honoris causa by the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom of Great Britain
- Quadricentennial Golden Cross Award by University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
- Doctor honoris causa degree by Philippine Normal University
- Doctor honoris causa by the Mongolian University of Science and Technology
- Doctor honoris causa by the Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center at Haifa University, Israel
- Doctor honoris causa by the National University of Political Studies and Public Administrative Studies of Bucharest, Romania
- Doctor honoris causa in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
- Great Cross in the Order of The Sun of Peru, the highest state distinction bestowed by Peru
- Honorary Award, Ladies First International association, as a tribute to an exceptional career
- Doctor honoris causa from the National University of San Martín in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Doctor honoris causa from St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
- Laurea honoris causa in European and International Politics from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
- Doctor honoris causa from Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russian Federation
- Doctor honoris causa in Philosophy and Political Science from Ewha Womеn's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Many distinctions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria for contributing to the development and endorsement of Bulgarian foreign policy
- Laureate of the Golden Lyre distinction of the Union of Bulgarian Musicians and Dancers for the promotion of Bulgarian music and performance art in France
