The following are news highlights in Ethiopia’s major media outlets on Saturday.
— Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister Workneh Gebeyehu said Ethiopia has the desire to replicate the people-to-people relation with Canada to the economic and political spheres.
The minister held talks Friday with his Canadian counterpart Stephane Dion on ways of strengthening the multifaceted relations between the two countries. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)
— The State of Emergency Inquiry Board said 11, 607 people had been detained following the violence occurred in various parts of Ethiopia.
The Board on Friday released names of the detainees and the reasons for their arrest. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)
— Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu received his South Sudanese counterpart Deng Alor Kuol on Friday in Addis Ababa, wherein the two sides reaffirmed to lift bilateral cooperation into a new high.
The two sides also discussed issues of promoting peace and security in the region, and particularly in South Sudan. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)
— The Kombolcha and Mekele industrial parks will be ready for companies in two months, since their construction will be completed in February, the Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) said. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA) Enditem
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