---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Ashworth <[email protected]> Date: Sun, May 1, 2011 at 11:03 AM Subject: [sudan-john-ashworth] Fw: Ousted Egyptian regime blamed for Nile water crises To: Group <[email protected]>
Ethiopia blames ousted Egyptian regime over Nile water crises By Tesfa-Alem Tekle April 30, 2011 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopian house speaker on 30 April said that the former Egyptian regime, over-thrown in a popular uprising earlier this year, was responsible for overshadowing relations with Ethiopia and creating tension over the issue of the Nile water. House Speaker, Abadula Gemeda, made the remarks when he conferred with a visiting popular Egyptian Public Diplomacy delegation. “The former Egyptian government is accountable for majority of the misunderstanding that occurred between Ethiopia and Egypt” Gemeda said. He called on Sudan and Egypt to cooperate with upstream countries on the equitable utilisation of the River Nile. “All Nile basin countries have the right to use the Nile water equitable, he said, “and Egypt and Sudan need to collaborate for the realization of a win-win approach, which is the only solution to Nile waters issue.” The house speaker told the delegation that the Egyptian and Sudanese people need to clearly understand that the Mega Dam Ethiopia intends to build in Nile River will nott harm them. Ethiopia argues that the recently launched US$4.7 billion massive hydro power project will eventually benefit Sudan and Egypt and other regional countries. “In addition to obtaining electric power supply, Sudan and Egypt could also benefit from enough and regulated water flow and decreased siltation” foreign affairs Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said at a news conference last week. According to him, 19 billion cubic meters of water is wasted through evaporation in downstream countries while the Grand Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia would lower the number to 0.4 billion cubic meters. The 48-member Egyptian delegation is here for five day visit with a mission of paving the way for stronger ties between Egypt and Ethiopia after the fall of the former regime. The Ethiopian government recently said that relation between Ethiopia and Egypt has improved since the downfall of Hosni Mubarak’s government. The Egyptian delegation includes three presidential candidates, a number of prominent political figures, including Osama Al Ghazaly Harb, the head of Al Gabha party, Alsayed Elbadawy the head of Al Wafd party, Hussein Ibrahim of the Muslim Brotherhood, Abdel Hakim Abdel Nasser the son of former president Gamal Abdel Nasser, journalists , and representatives from the 25 January Revolution Youth. (ST) END ______________________ John Ashworth Sudan Advisor Sudan Ecumenical Forum [email protected] +254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile) +249 919 695 362 (Sudan mobile) +27 82 853 3556 (South Africa mobile) +44 750 304 1790 (UK/international) +88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone) PO Box 52002 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya This is a personal e-mail address and the contents do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation -- The content of this message does not necessarily reflect John Ashworth's views. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, John Ashworth is not the author of the content and the source is always cited. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sudan-john-ashworth" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.za/group/sudan-john-ashworth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
