(May 03, 2014, (Anatolia News Agency))--Speaking to private radio station Sheger FM, Dina Mufti said that Kerry had talked about the importance of cooperation between Egypt and Ethiopia. Ethiopia has delivered assurances to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that its development projects do not aim to harm Egypt, an Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Saturday.
Speaking to private radio station Sheger FM, Dina Mufti said that Kerry had talked about the importance of cooperation between Egypt and Ethiopia. He said that Addis Ababa had assured Kerry that its development projects do not aim to cause harm to either Egypt or other countries.
The spokesman went on to say that Ethiopia assured Kerry, who concluded a three-day visit to Addis Ababa on Saturday, that the Ethiopian projects will benefit other countries. Relations between Ethiopia and Egypt soured last year over Ethiopia's plans to build its Grand Renaissance Dam on the upper reaches of the Nile River – Egypt's main source of water.
The controversial project raised alarm bells in Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country, which fears a reduction of its traditional share of Nile water. Read more from Anatolia News Agency »
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Speaking to private radio station Sheger FM, Dina Mufti said that Kerry had talked about the importance of cooperation between Egypt and Ethiopia. He said that Addis Ababa had assured Kerry that its development projects do not aim to cause harm to either Egypt or other countries.
The spokesman went on to say that Ethiopia assured Kerry, who concluded a three-day visit to Addis Ababa on Saturday, that the Ethiopian projects will benefit other countries. Relations between Ethiopia and Egypt soured last year over Ethiopia's plans to build its Grand Renaissance Dam on the upper reaches of the Nile River – Egypt's main source of water.
The controversial project raised alarm bells in Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country, which fears a reduction of its traditional share of Nile water. Read more from Anatolia News Agency »
Related topics:
We are not against the Ethiopian people, but we advocate our interests: Egypt's PM
Ethiopian grand renaissances dam Project on course despite Egypt's concerns of river Nile
Egyptian 'suspicions' behind Ethiopia dam crisis: Sudan FM
No new policy on Ethiopian dam: Foreign ministry
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