Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam warned against Ethiopia's continued unilateral operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, saying it poses an 'existential threat' to the more than 100 million people in Egypt.
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam warned against Ethiopia's continued unilateral operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, saying it poses an"existential threat" to the more than 100 million people in Egypt.
The sixth edition of the CWW is taking place through Thursday in the Egyptian capital under the theme:"Action on Water Adaptation for Sustainability." Egypt said there has been no change in the Ethiopian stance during the recent three rounds of talks, which took place in Cairo and Addis Ababa over the past two months.
"For Egypt, the existence of effective cross-border water cooperation is an indispensable existential matter," Sewilam said during the opening of the CWW. The per capita share of water in Egypt annually amounts to half the United Nations' water scarcity threshold, the minister said.
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