Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:17:01 +0200
EU not financing Ethiopia Renaissance Dam: EU ambassador in Egypt
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for negotiated solutions in international disputes; says Egypt has requested
presidential poll supervision
MENA, Wednesday 9 Apr 2014
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The European Union (EU) is not funding the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam,
said EU Ambassador to Egypt James Moran in a press conference, the MENA
state news agency reported.
Moran underlined that the EU is looking into the issue of the Ethiopian
Renaissance Dam since it affects many countries. He also said the EU is
ready to help any country that seeks its assistance related to this issue.
Moran underscored the importance of negotiations between countries in
dispute, in order to reach solutions that benefit all parties.
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan formed a tripartite technical committee to study
the possible effects of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. But the committee's
discussions were thwarted in December when Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir
announced his support for the dam during a meeting with Ethiopian Prime
Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
Egypt's foreign minister, Nabil Fahmy, met last week with his Ethiopian
counterpart, Tedros Adhanom, at the two-day EU-Africa Summit in Brussels.
According to Al-Ahram Arabic news website, Fahmy said that his meeting with
Adhanom included "a frank and open discussion" on the stance of both Egypt
and Ethiopia regarding matters of concern to both states, including Nile
water issue and Renaissance Dam.
Meanwhile, Moran said that EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is
expected to visit Egypt Wednesday to reaffirm the EU's interest in future
cooperation and bilateral relations with Egypt.
He said the EU is keen to help Egypt, especially Upper Egypt that has been
lately suffering instability amid general poverty.
Moran also spoke about the EU's supervision of the upcoming presidential
elections, saying that Egyptian authorities requested the EU supervise the
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has set a delegation upon this request.
He added that the EU did not supervise the referendum on the constitution
that took place in January because the request to supervise it arrived late.
Egypt's presidential poll is scheduled to take place in May.
About Britain's move to investigate the Muslim Brotherhood, Moran said that
this concerns only Britain and not EU countries.
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