Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier and Commander of the National Guard, and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev held a meeting at the crown prince's palace in Riyadh today. At the outset of the meeting, President Aliyev awarded the Crown Prince Azerbaijan's Independence medal, the country's most prestigious honorary decoration, in recognition of the Crown Prince's distinguished role in expanding the economic and cultural relations between the Kingdom and Azerbaijan. Aliyev also lauded the efforts of Crown Prince Abdullah for the service of Islam and Muslims all over the world. On his part, Crown Prince Abdullah thanked President Aliyev, praising the firm relations binding the two countries and peoples. Then they discussed the overall developments at the Islamic and international arenas in addition to the aspects of cooperation between the two countries and ways of enhancing them in all fields. --More 2035 Local Time 1735 GMT
