By Aidan LewisCAIRO (Reuters) - Ethiopia has accused Egypt of trying to maintain its grip over the waters of the Nile with a proposal it says would imperil a giant hydropower dam under construction on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile, in a growing diplomatic spat. After talks had stalled, Egypt had submitted a proposal on Aug. 1, including conditions over filling the reservoir, that Ethiopia rejected. In an explanation for its decision, Ethiopia said the Egyptian plan was "one-sided", flawed, and would ultimately hamper its economic development. Ethiopia denied Cairo's assertion that it had held up talks, pointing instead to what it called Egypt's "unfortunate smearing effort". "Despite the negative diplomatic and media campaign that is coming out of Cairo, Ethiopia was forthcoming to the resumption of tripartite talks," the note said.

Source: Ethiopian News October 08, 2019 14:48 UTC