The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud awarded at his palace here on Saturday evening King Abdulaziz Sash of the first class to Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi. The Italian Premier expressed his thanks to and appreciation of the King for awarding him the Sash and expressed his pride in this honoring. Then the King and the Italian Premier held a meeting and discussed aspects of cooperation between the two countries, ways of their enhancement in various fields as well as overall developments at regional and international arenas and the positions of the two countries towards them. On the Saudi side, the meeting was attended by Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior; Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz, the Governor of Makkah Region; Prince Miqren bin Abdulaziz, President of General Intelligence; Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Mohammed Jamil bin Ahmed Mulla, who is the accompanying minister; and Saudi Charge D"affaires to Italy Adnan Mandeel. It was also attended by the delegation accompanying the Italian Premier and Italian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Eugenio d"Auria
