Shortly after the promise of easing the crisis with the Nile Basin countries, the crisis is back to square zero again after failing to change Tanzania for its initiative, which called for the review of the Entebbe Framework Agreement, which was rejected by Egypt.
A source familiar with issue said that the Egyptian Foreign Ministry received a text message from the Tanzanian counterpart apologizing for the establishment of a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of water and the Nile Basin countries, to renegotiate the terms of the Entebbe agreement.
The source added that “the decline of Tanzania for its initiative this quick is a surprise which confirms the presence of a strong external parties influenced Tanzanian to make this decision.» We do not rule out that this came from America or Israel; it is not in their interest to occur consensus among the Nile Basin countries and to end the current conflict, which prevents cooperation for development.
The technician said that a government source connected to the same source as saying, “Now we go back to the zero point, such was the case in 2010, after the signing of the Nile Basin countries on the Entebbe agreement.” In the same context, Sudan continued proximity to the upper nile basin countries announcing its support for Ethiopia in the construction of the Renaissance dam, then unfreeze the members of the Nile Basin Initiative without consultation with Egypt and continuing in the promotion and defense of the initiative. Sudan handed the presidency of the Nile Basin Initiative during the ministerial meeting held in Khartoum yesterday, and called on all Member States to the continuation of constructive cooperation.
The Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources of Sudan, President of the initiative, Sayf al-Din Hamad told a news conference in Khartoum yesterday that “Egypt has frozen its activities in the initiative and did not attend the meeting, which was held recently for two days”. Sayf al-Din had defended the policies of Ethiopia’s electricity generation which can produce multitudes of hydroelectric power in addition to the agricultural potential of Eritrea which is what makes the opportunity open to the establishment of joint projects among the basin countries.
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