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Planting tree
By Hanadi Al-Bloushi
KUWAIT, Sept 29 (KUNA) -- Kuwait and Britain's storied relationship dates back more than a century and has grown over time, said the UK's ambassador to the Gulf state, citing the "Anglo-Kuwait Agreement" of 1899 as the catalyst for better ties.
Michael Davenport told KUNA on Sunday he was ecstatic over the "camaraderie and goodwill" shared by the two countries, joining the chief of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters Kamal Al-Abduljalil in planting the indigenous "Sidra" tree some 120 years after bilateral ties began in earnest.
Planting the tree is highly emblematic of Kuwait's "historic relationship with Britain," according to the Kuwaiti official, besides being a symbol of the Kuwaiti identity, he pointed out.
Britain pledged to protect the territorial integrity of Kuwait under the clandestine treaty signed in 1899, a historic event that the Gulf state commemorates on a yearly basis. (end)
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