Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister says that Egypt is unable to realize that Nile basin countries have a need to use their water resource so as to meet development needs of their countriesEthiopia’s Foreign Minister, Gedu AndargachewborkenaApril 17, 2020In an interview this week with state media, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew, said that Egypt failed to see new realities in Ethiopia. He said Egypt is fixated to the Colonial era arrangement When it comes to the Nile water. For Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, Gedu Andargachew, Ethiopia has reached a point where it is using its water resources to generate power as a matter of life and death. Sudan seems to be clear about it as it believes that its national interest will not be harmed by the Ethiopian Dam. Meanwhile, Egypt mobilized the Arab world to form a bloc against Ethiopia on the issue of the Dam.

Source: Ethiopian News April 18, 2020 03:45 UTC