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June 4, 2021
Egypt is looking to benefit from China’s expertise in managing water resources amid concerns about its share of the Nile water amid the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis. The Egyptian Parliament called on state institutions to cooperate with China on projects aimed to develop and conserve water resources such as desalination plants and recycling wastewater for use in agriculture.
Egypt is working to create a plan to manage water consumption and resources for presentation after the second-stage filling of the dam if Ethiopia executes its plan. China s assistance in the water management plan is hoped to reassure the Egyptian street that Cairo will come out the other side of the crisis
Egypt has rejected the remarks by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to build a number of dams across his country.In a statement on Monday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Ahmed s statements reveal once again that Ethiopia is dealing in bad .
Cairo: Egypt has condemned a plan by Ethiopia to build more dams, saying it points to Addis Ababa’s bad intentions.
Both countries are locked in a decade-long dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built on the Nile amid Egyptian fears it will cut its vital water share.
“Egypt rejects what came in Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s statements about Ethiopia’s intention to build a number of dams in different areas of the country,” a spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.
“This statement exposes anew Ethiopia’s bad intention and its approach to the River Nile and other international rivers shared with neighbouring countries as if they were internal rivers subjected to its sovereignty and dedicated to serve its interests,” the official added.
The Egyptian foreign minister receives his Israeli counterpart as part of his efforts to strengthen the Gaza truce.
The Egyptian foreign minister, in a meeting with his Israeli counterpart, stressed the need to move forward The truce between Israel and Hamas stopping all practices that cause escalation.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry confirmed at a meeting with Cairo Gabi Ashkenazi in Cairo on Sunday that “a special sensitivity related to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and all Islamic and Christian holy sites in East Jerusalem must be taken into account,” the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Tensions rose last month After Israeli security forces attacked the Al-Aqsa mosque complex, occupied East Jerusalem, they fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Muslim worshipers in the last days of the holy month of Ramadan.