Ethiopia’s Abiy Says Talks With Egypt Can Resolve Nile Dispute
- Egypt, Ethiopia to keep talking on latter’s showpiece project
- World’s longest river gives almost all of Egypt’s fresh water
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Egypt and Ethiopia agreed Thursday to resume talks over a giant Nile dam and reach a deal on sharing the vital waters, downplaying a recent escalation of tensions.
Both nations are willing “to collaborate on the project in a manner that will benefit the two sides,” Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told local media, shortly after meeting Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on the sidelines of a Russia-Africa summit.