Egypt's Foreign Ministry is arranging for meetings with ambassadors of European states to explain Egypt's vision concerning the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam which Egypt fears would affect its historic shares of Nile river water, official sources said.
The sources said the Egyptian side will also report on Ethiopia’s intransigence in negotiations, as well as the negative impact the dam would leave on Ethiopia if the undertaking proceeds in its current form.
Ethiopia’s decision to postpone power generation from the dam from 2014 to late 2015 is another example of funding problems, the source added.
The source said no contacts are being made with Sudan for the latter to mediate between Cairo and Adis Ababa, arguing that Sudan is fully aware of the propriety of the Egyptian position.
The source explained that the current structure of the dam is at odds with that previously agreed by Nile Basin countries concerning the establishment of power-generating mini-dams and other development projects in the region.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
