Ethiopia prime minister to visit Saudi Arabia

Ethiopia's prime minister Malas Zenawi will visit Saudi Arabia today marking the beginning of a tour in the Gulf region.

This visit aims at backing and strengthening relations between Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia and efforts to convince the Saudi business men to invest in Ethiopia as well as giving a push forward to prospects of co-operation between the two countries to highest levels.

In September and October of the year 2000, Saudi Arabia hosted the Ethiopian President who received medical treatment at the military hospital in al-Riyadh and has recovered.