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Egypt to send public delegations to Nile Basin neighbors

Following a recent workshop, the Arab Water Council has decided to send public delegations from Egypt to other Nile Basin countries to strengthen ties and calm the crisis over water shares.
An aerial view shows temporary settlements set up along the banks of river Nile by people displaced by fighting between the government army and rebels in Bor, 180 km (108 miles) northwest from capital Juba December 25, 2013. South Sudanese troops have retaken the flashpoint town of Bor in Jonglei state, a week after the town fell to rebels loyal to rebel leader Riek Machar. REUTERS/James Akena (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) - RTX16TX8
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The Arab Water Council declared the adoption of a public delegation project. This is a new attempt, among the successive Egyptian attempts, to support the ties of cooperation between the Egyptian people and the peoples of the remaining upstream Nile countries, and to open the horizons for deepening mutual trust.

The delegation is supposed to set off from Egypt to the upstream Nile countries every three months. It will include representatives of political and popular forces, intellectuals, folk art groups, artists, singers, university students, doctors and engineers who will work on visiting these countries and making direct contact with people in the streets, far removed from diplomatic and governmental political endeavors.

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