Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah opens the 25th Arab League Summit in Bayan Palace, Kuwait March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwait's emir began a visit to Iran on Sunday, the first by a ruler of the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state since the 1979 Islamic revolution, underscoring improving ties between Tehran and its Arab neighbours.
Regional television stations showed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani escorting Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah to review an Iranian honour guard upon the emir's arrival in Tehran.
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