Top news items in major Ethiopian media outlets

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

-- An Ethio-China Investment Cooperation Forum which commenced Monday at Hinton Hotels in Addis Ababa brought together over 60 Ethiopian company representatives and over 30 companies and representatives of businesses from China's Hunan Province. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- The Emir of the State of Qatar, Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived in Addis Ababa on Monday, as part of his two-day state visit to Ethiopia.

The Emir met with senior government officials, including President Mulatu Teshome, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, and Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu, at the Jubilee Palace later Monday. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- Phase III of Ethiopia-Hunan Industrial Park is going to be built at a cost of more than 250 million USD in Adama.

At the industrial park Hunan Province investors will produce machineries, construction and agricultural equipment, it was learned. Vice Governor of Hunan Province of China, He Baoxiang signed the document for the construction of the park at the Ethio-China Trade and Investment Forum on Monday. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- National political parties including the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) have agreed to start their long-awaited negotiation without the need for third-party mediation.

During their eighth round of talks on Monday, the parties reached consensus that the negotiation be held exclusive of a neutral third-party mediator. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC) Endit