Egypt denies crisis with Ethiopia over Nile River's waters
Egypt-Ethiopia, Economics, 9/8/1998

Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri stated today that his country does not exceed its share of the Nile River's water, where the new projects implemented in southern Egypt, the Sahara or Sinai depend on the specified share for Egypt, amounting to 55,5 billion cubic meters, according to the ratified water agreement of 1959.

Ganzouri held a meeting yesterday concerning to implementation of new Egyptian projects.

The meeting tackled the projects of the dams Ethiopia wants to build, and Cairo expressed its full readiness to cooperate with Ethiopia in implementing these dams as long as it will not affect the water from which Egypt benefits.

Meanwhile, Mohamoud Abu Zied, Egyptian minister of public works and water resources denied that there is any crisis between Cairo and Addis Ababa concerning the Nile.

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