Ethiopia releases two Yemeni traders

SANA'A, Feb. 01 (Saba) - Ethiopian ambassador to Yemen Tawfik
Abdullah has confirmed the release of two Yemeni 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 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 are punished.