Egypt: Nile water will not go to any country outside the basin

Egyptian Minister of Public Works and Water Resources Mahmud Abu Zied said that the Nile water will not go to any country outside the Nile basin.

In the symposium "Water and future requirements," organized by Ein Shams University, the Egyptian minister said, "There are no disputes between Egypt and Ethiopia regarding the Nile water," confirming that the Ethiopia projects will not hurt Egypt in any case.

Abu Zied added, "The design of El-Salam canal does not allow transferring any fresh water to Israel because it irrigates 40,000 acres with agricultural drain water treated with the Nile water."

He also denied any negative effects of withdrawing Egyptian ground water for the good of the Libyan Great Manmade River because the effects of withdrawal from any ground well stops at least before 2 kilometers and that Egypt does not withdraw except from its joint ground water with Libya, Chad and Sudan, which is known as the Nubian international stony ground.