Modi conferred highest Saudi civilian honour

Riyadh, April 3: Prime Minister rendra Modi was conferred Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour, the King Abdulaziz Sash, on Sunday, the second and fil day of his visit to the Gulf kingdom. The honour is med after founder of the modern Saudi state, Abdulaziz Al Saud. Among other notable recipients of this honour are US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indonesian President Joko Widodo.