Top news items in Ethiopia's major media outlets

ADDIS ABABA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Thursday.

-- Before his travel to Sudan, Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia on Wednesday received and held talks with the visiting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday arrived in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, for a two-day official visit to the country.

The Premier was accorded a warm welcome from Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al Bashir and Ethiopian Community residing in Sudan. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- President Mulatu Teshome conferred with visiting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday.

The two leaders discussed on bilateral relations and means of enhancing them, and took up regional and international issues of common concern. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- An Ethio-Israeli Business Seminar commenced later Wednesday in Addis Ababa.

The event was attended by State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Aklilu Hailemichael, and the head of the Economic Division of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yael Ravia-Zadok as well as members of the Ethiopian and Israel private and public institutions. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- The Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) said it has so far sold Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) bonds worth over 9.7 billion birr to finance the dam. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC) Enditem