Monday, February 2, 2009

Ethiopia releases two Yemeni traders

SANA'A, Feb. 01 (Saba) - Ethiopian ambassador to Yemen Tawfik Abdullah has confirmed the release of two Yemeni livestock traders the Ethiopian authorities arrested in Addis Ababa in November.

In an interview with the Alsiyasiah newspaper, Abdullah confirmed his country freed on Thursday Hussein Ahmed al-Junaidi and Ali Hadi al-Rafeek who were arrested in connection with having large sums of money.

However, Abdullah affirmed the bilateral relationship between Yemen an Ethiopia can not be affected by arrests of violators of each country's rules.

Having large sums of money is not a crime but foreigners in any country have to have large sums through this country's Central Bank but not through the black market or smuggling, he said, adding violators must be punished.

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