Egypt offers partnership with Ethiopia on electricity projects to break stalemate in Nile dam talks

Egypt is about to start studies on an electricity linkage project with Ethiopia, against the background of faltering negotiations over Addis Ababa’s construction of a dam on the Nile River.
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A picture shows solar panels installed by Egypt's Irrigation Ministry and the United Nations in a field in Kafr al-Dawar village in the country's northern Nile Delta, Egypt, Nov. 26, 2018. - MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images
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A correspondent in Egypt

CAIRO — Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Ati said July 1 that Egypt is ready to provide all necessary means to link electricity with Ethiopia, and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has tasked Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker with this plan.

Abdel Ati said in a phone call with the DMC Channel that Egypt was ready to share future development projects with Ethiopia, on condition that Addis Ababa abide by the international commitments and law.

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