Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: "Ever since the Kuwait-ROK diplomatic relations were started in 1979, they have steadily improved specifically during the last two years, which witnessed a 30 percent improvement in business and trade," Lee said. He added that two-way trade volume had reached 410 million US dollars per year, consisting mainly of the ROK's exports to Kuwait and oil exports from Kuwait to the ROK.

consisting