Saudi Arabia confers highest civilian honour on PM Modi
April 04, 2016
Riyadh
In a special gesture Saudi Arabia conferred ‘King Abdulaziz Sash’, the highest civilian honour — the King Abdulaziz Sash — on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. This honour is named after the founder of the modern Saudi state Abdulaziz Al Saud. Among other notable recipients of this honour are U.S. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Indonesian President Joko Widodo.The Prime Minister was conferred the prestigious award by King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Royal Court where they held extensive talks on a range of bilateral, regional and international issues.
With inputs from agencies
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