ETHIOPIA: ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER ARRIVES IN ADDIS ABABA ON HIS EAST AFRICAN TOUR.
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399500
ETHIOPIA: ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER ARRIVES IN ADDIS ABABA ON HIS EAST AFRICAN TOUR.
- Title: ETHIOPIA: ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER ARRIVES IN ADDIS ABABA ON HIS EAST AFRICAN TOUR.
- Date: 1st July 1969
- Summary: EBAN AND PARTY ARRIVING AND BEING GREETED BY ATO KETEMA YIFRU, ETHIOPIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER; EBAN AND PARTY SURROUNDED BY PRESSMEN; EBAN SPEAKING. Initials WW/VS/MR/MJB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 16th July 1969 13:00
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- Location: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
- Country: Ethiopia
- Reuters ID: LVAADXW6DY64JGWMDDH5PSG2X4VP
- Story Text: MR. ABBA EBAN, ISRAEL'S MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ARRIVED IN ADDIS ABABA ON SUNDAY ON A THREE-DAY VISIT TO ETHIOPIA, LATEST STAGE OF HIS EAST AFRICAN TOUR.
MR. EBAN LEFT IMMEDIATELY FOR ASMARA, ERITREA, WHERE HE VISITED HISTORICAL PLACES IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA. HE FLEW BACK TO ADDIS ABABA YESTERDAY (MONDAY). HE BEGAN TALKS WITH ETHIOPIAN MINISTERS TODAY.
ISRAELI SOURCES HAVE SAID THAT MR. EBAN IS IN ETHIOPIA TO DISCUSS ISRAEL'S HOPES THAT ETHIOPIA WILL INFLUENCE HER ARAB FRIENDS TO BEGIN DIRECT TALKS WITH ISRAEL AND TO DISCUSS ISRAELI-ETHIOPIAN RELATIONS GENERALLY.
MR. EBAN WAS RECEIVED BY EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I BEFORE HE BEGAN TALKS WITH HIS ETHIOPIAN COUNTERPART, ATO KETEMA YIFRU, AND OTHER MINISTERS TODAY.
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