Ethiopia strengthens US support for Egypt in crisis

Ethiopia strengthens US support for Egypt in crisis


07/10/2017 

Ethiopia took advantage of the people's preoccupation with the January 25 revolution in Egypt. The Egyptian people were upset by announcing the amendment of the technical specifications of the dam that it was determined to build on the Nile River and to expand it, and called it the Millennium Dam. Days or weeks of changing the name of the dam to another name and with higher technical specifications. Because Egypt did not comment on the matter for the second time, Ethiopia announced on April 1, 2011 the construction of Al Nahda Dam. "
Thus, Mohammed Salman Al-Taya, a specialist in the Nile Basin countries, begins his talk about the history of the construction of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which threatens Egypt to "get it." It is the custom of countries to give prior risks to their neighbors about any establishment or project they want to build, To another State ".
"There are 40,000 dams in the world, of which only 70 are dams. The life span of the Renaissance is short, and the probability of collapse is not excluded," Taya said, referring to an American professor at the University of San Diego named Asfao Bibi.
He pointed out that the Egyptian understanding with Ethiopia is complex, "the Egyptian negotiator has a good goal, and he is confronted by a permanent Ethiopian dodge." Understanding with them is difficult, as things are agreed with them, and then days later they are violated by international pressure on Ethiopia aimed at reducing the strong Egyptian influence in Africa. "He said.
"This agreement remains the legal framework that can translate the logic of cooperation once the intentions have been concluded and a full and impartial commitment has been made to implement it to avoid the possibility of losing the submission of a model," Taya said, referring to the UN forum on the tripartite agreement between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. Successful management of relations between 3 neighboring countries.
When asked about the reason for this evasive Ethiopian, Taya replies that Ethiopia is using the dam crisis to establish a new equation in the Horn of Africa and be the leading country or regional state in the Horn of Africa and the Nile Basin countries.
"I do not know why Egypt did not move in all the international and regional institutions. Even in the Security Council, no Egyptian protest was sent, not even a complaint to the International Court of Justice," Taya said.
As for the military option in dealing with the crisis, Taya is very opposed to this option, which is considered to bear all disasters, because other alternatives exist. "Despite the bad negotiating track, I am confident that the crisis of Al-Nahda Dam is a concern for the Egyptian decision-makers." Al-Taya added: "Despite the fact that the Dam has become a reality, there are still important things that can be negotiated.
Taya concludes that Ethiopia is now emboldened by US support for it and by AFRICOM's presence in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.

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