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A member of the Egyptian Negotiating Committee on the Renaissance Dam, Alaa El-Zawahiri, revealed that Egypt will not face the crisis of water shortage due to the filling of the Renaissance Dam except in a specific case.
Al-Zawahiri said in statements reported by the Cairo newspaper, "Al-Shorouk", that this might happen in the event of a prolonged drought that lasts for decades, confirming that the Ministry of Irrigation have plans for this case if this matter occurs.
Al-Zawahiri described, during a telephone interview via satellite, "Sada Al-Balad", that Ethiopia announced the start of filling the Renaissance Dam with quantities of rain, as a "pre-emptive statement" to confirm that it started filling.
He revealed that the "only concern" relates to what happened between 1979 and 1989 when a prolonged drought lasted and when the water levels in the Blue Nile and the High Dam decreased.
He explained that this is the case that "can worry Egypt" and Cairo seeks to avoid by imposing conditions on Ethiopia to extract enough quantities of water, noting that this is something that cannot be expected, and that the current negotiations are taking place to ensure that no water problem occurs to Egypt for 120 years to come.
Al-Zawahiri considered that the Ethiopian side, before any negotiations sessions, used a kind of pressure and psychological statements to raise the ceiling of negotiations, as he put it.
The Egyptian presidency announced, on Tuesday evening, that it was agreed, at the conclusion of the African mini-summit on the Renaissance Dam, to continue negotiations, while giving priority to the elaboration of a legal, fair and binding agreement for all parties.
https://www.skynewsarabia.com/amp/middle-east/1363027-ملء-سد-النهضة-حالة-واحدة-تهدد-أمن-مصر-المائي
A member of the Egyptian Negotiating Committee on the Renaissance Dam, Alaa El-Zawahiri, revealed that Egypt will not face the crisis of water shortage due to the filling of the Renaissance Dam except in a specific case.
Al-Zawahiri said in statements reported by the Cairo newspaper, "Al-Shorouk", that this might happen in the event of a prolonged drought that lasts for decades, confirming that the Ministry of Irrigation have plans for this case if this matter occurs.
Al-Zawahiri described, during a telephone interview via satellite, "Sada Al-Balad", that Ethiopia announced the start of filling the Renaissance Dam with quantities of rain, as a "pre-emptive statement" to confirm that it started filling.
He revealed that the "only concern" relates to what happened between 1979 and 1989 when a prolonged drought lasted and when the water levels in the Blue Nile and the High Dam decreased.
He explained that this is the case that "can worry Egypt" and Cairo seeks to avoid by imposing conditions on Ethiopia to extract enough quantities of water, noting that this is something that cannot be expected, and that the current negotiations are taking place to ensure that no water problem occurs to Egypt for 120 years to come.
Al-Zawahiri considered that the Ethiopian side, before any negotiations sessions, used a kind of pressure and psychological statements to raise the ceiling of negotiations, as he put it.
The Egyptian presidency announced, on Tuesday evening, that it was agreed, at the conclusion of the African mini-summit on the Renaissance Dam, to continue negotiations, while giving priority to the elaboration of a legal, fair and binding agreement for all parties.
https://www.skynewsarabia.com/amp/middle-east/1363027-ملء-سد-النهضة-حالة-واحدة-تهدد-أمن-مصر-المائي
