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PM condemns 'aggressions' after Trump comment over ‘Ethiopia River Nile dam’

[서울=아시아뉴스통신] 레악카나기자 송고시간 2020-10-25 03:00

The speed with which Ethiopia fills up the dam will govern how severely Egypt is affected - the slower the better as far as Cairo is concerned. The dam will be the biggest hydro-electric project in Africa. (Photo by=Reuters)

[Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] Ethiopia's prime minister has said his country "will not cave into aggressions of any kind" after President Donald Trump suggested Egypt could destroy a controversial Nile dam.

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is at the center of a long-running dispute involving Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan. Mr. Trump said Egypt wouldn’t be able to live with the dam and might "blow up" the construction. Ethiopia sees the US as siding with Egypt in the dispute. The US announced in September that it would cut some aid to Ethiopia after it began filling the reservoir behind the dam in July.

Egypt relies on the bulk of its water needs on the Nile and is concerned supplies could be cut off and its economy undermined as Ethiopia takes control of the flow of Africa's longest river. Once complete, the $4bn (£3bn) structure on the Blue Nile in western Ethiopia will be Africa's largest hydro-electric project. That process is expected to take several years. Ethiopia, which announced the start of construction in 2011, says it needs the dam for its economic development. Negotiations between the three countries were being chaired by the US, but are now overseen by the African Union.



 

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