Top news items in major Ethiopian media outlets

The Following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Tuesday.

-- Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Monday received a message from President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti.

Djibouti's Finance and Economy Minister Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh handed over the message. Prime Minister Hailemariam said on the occasion that Ethiopia is ready to work more closely with Djibouti on bilateral and regional issues. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) said it is finalizing a draft Industrial Parks Regulation that will mainly enable businesspersons to get one-stop services in the various parks across the country.

This was disclosed at a half-day consultative workshop on the draft regulation organized by the commission on Monday. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- The Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity announced 91 percent completion of Genale Dawa III hydropower project.

The project, being built on Genale River at a cost of 451 million U.S. dollars, will raise Ethiopia's total electricity installed generation capacity to 4,541MW from 4,260 MW now, once completed. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

--H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, received on Monday Ambassador Berhane Gebre-Christos, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.

Ambassador Berhane was in the UAE to attend International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) 2017, which kicked off on Sunday at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). During the meeting, the two parties reviewed bilateral relations, focusing on economic and investment areas. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC) Endit