Kuwaiti embassy honors TRCS on relief efforts

The Kuwaiti Embassy in Tunisia yesterday honored the Tunisian Red Crescent Society (TRCS) on the humanitarian role it has played in coordinating relief efforts to assist refugees on the Tunisian-Libyan border. Kuwait's Ambassador to Tunisia Fahad Ahmad Al-Awadhi presented a memorial plaque to the representative of the TRCS in Medenine Dr. Mongi Slim, expressing Kuwait's appreciation to Tunisia. For his part, Dr. Slim praised the deep-seated relations and coordination between the TRCS and its Kuwaiti counterpart, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS). Kuwait was one of the first countries to initiate aid to unrest-striven Libya.