Ministers of water resources to meet at Addis Ababa in May
Regional-Egypt, Economics, 4/17/1999

Egyptian Minister of Works and Water Resources Mahmoud Abu Zied confirmed that there is a complete coordination, cooperation and an agreement between the Nile states for perfecting the use of the Nile's waters, where 8% of these waters are used for the benefit of the Nile basin countries' peoples.

He also referred to cooperation between Nile basin's countries as number of mutual projects were established, especially between Egypt, and each of Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia and Kenya.

Meanwhile, Abu Zied said he is going to chair Egypt's delegation to the water resources meeting that is to be held at Adis Ababa during the first week of May.

Moreover, Abu Zied said the coming meeting will discuss the technical basis upon which the projects of sub-basins and the Nile basin as a whole will be specified, setting up that the technical groups will start detail studies for these projects and the priorities of implementation.

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