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From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Sun Dec 05 2010 - 10:58:28 EST
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Sun, 05/12/2010 - 14:43
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President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday met with Tanzanian counterpart
Jakaya Kikwete in Cairo to discuss bolstering economic ties between the two
countries.
They also convened to hash out Nile-sharing issues.
Tanzania is one upstream riparian nation to sign an agreement in April with
Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya that aims to redistribute Nile water.
Egypt and Sudan strongly oppose the accord. The two downstream countries
claim the lion's share of Nile flow, according to regional agreements dating
back to the British colonial era.
Mubarak met with Eritrean President Asaias Afwerki on Thursday. The two
heads of states discussed bilateral relations and African and Middle Eastern
issues of mutual importance.
In related developments, Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, recently
accused Egypt of supporting insurgents in Ethiopia, a statement Mubarak
categorically dismissed.