Egypt has no objection to dam projects in South Sudan, envoy
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June 25, 2013 (JUBA) - The Egyptian government said it had “no
objection” to the building of the proposed hydroelectric dams in South
Sudan, denying media reports to the contrary.
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South Sudan’s Vice President, Riek Machar, shaking hands with the
Egyptian ambassador to Juba, Ayman Elgammal, June 25, 2013 (ST)
The top Egyptian diplomat to Juba, Ambassador Ayman Elgammal,
categorically denied such an allegation on Tuesday.
While briefing the acting President of South Sudan Riek Machar Teny on
the position of the Arab Republic of Egypt on the plan by the new
country to build Fulla hydroelectric dam along the White Nile in
Nimule of Eastern Equatoria state, he said his country had no
objection at all.
The Egyptian diplomat refuted media reports quoting South Sudanese
officials as saying that the Egyptian government might have objected
to the Fulla Dam project, fearing a similar row between Egypt and
Ethiopia over the renaissance dam which Ethiopia wants to build along
the Blue Nile.
Egypt currently has the lion’s share of the volume of the River Nile
waters among the ten member-states of the Nile Basin due to an
agreement it secured several decades ago.
Egypt sees its survival upon the waters of the River Nile and has all
been trying to dictate terms on the usage of the water.
Other member states such as Ethiopia and Uganda have been however
pushing for review of the water shares, demanding equal right for
every member of the Nile Basin countries.
The vice president, who acts as his president Salva Kiir is on a
three-day visit to Botswana since Monday, assured of the feasibility
study done on the Fulla Dam, saying this will not harm Egypt as it
will be within the share of the water volume for South Sudan.
Ambassador Elgammal assured Machar that Egypt had no problem with
South Sudan’s proposal to build the dams along the River Nile.
(ST)
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