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Top news items in Ethiopia's major media outlets

Xinhua,April 20, 2018 Adjust font size:

ADDIS ABABA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Thursday.

--Foreign Minister Workneh Gebeyehu has urged Saudi Arabian investors to engage in agricultural sector of Ethiopia.

Workneh on Wednesday conferred with Saudi Arabia Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadley. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

--Transport Affairs Standing Committee of the House of People's Representatives has called on Ethiopian Airlines Group to give due attention to finalize the delayed construction of its new airports.

The committee particularly said the airports of Robe, Dembi Dolo and Nekempte should be urgently finalized. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

--Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen of Ethiopia met with the Deputy Secretary-General of United Nations, Amina Mohammed, in New York on Tuesday.

Upon their meeting the two officials have discussed on humanitarian support of the United Nations in Ethiopia and sustainable development agendas. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

--Ethiopia has colossal opportunity to dominate global coffee market in the near future as the global coffee consumption is increasing, Director of Jimma Agricultural Research Center, Ashenafi Ayano said.(Ethiopian News Agency/ENA) Enditem