Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on 29 March 2006 to appoint Tofik Abdullayev the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Saudi Arabia, Namik Aliyev will head the diplomatic mission of Azerbaijan in Georgia, Trend reports.
In accordance with another presidential decree, Aliyev and Abdullayev were granted a rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador.