July 01, 2022 )ENA) Egypt should correct its slanted rhetoric about Ethiopia and cooperate for mutual benefits, the Ethiopian historian and researcher Adem Kamil said. Thescholar told ENA that successive Egyptian regimes have beenpoliticizing the water issue and Egyptian institutions negativelyportray Ethiopia in various events. Accordingto the scholar, Egyptians have conducted 560 conferences and seminarsabout Abay River and conducted 1,500 researches, wrote 225 aboutEthiopia out of the 2,222 books about Africa. Ethiopianshave to be aware of the country’s motives and build strong institutionsto correct wrong doings and encourage progressive cooperation formutual benefits from the resource, Adem added. Kingsof Blue Nile Channel Director, Ustaz Jemal Bashir said Egypt’s concernsare directly and indirectly related to Abay River and the dam.

Source: Ethiopian News July 01, 2022 22:43 UTC