Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aaty has described the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as a “dam of ruin and destruction” during a meeting with Egyptian students, in remarks that diplomatic sources say mark a shift in Cairo's tone on one of its most sensitive national security issues, namely Nile water security.
According to Egyptian diplomatic sources, the comments were neither a “slip of the tongue” nor an emotional outburst during a closed meeting, but a calculated recalibration of official rhetoric on a file Cairo regards as existential. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aaty has described the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as a “dam of ruin and destruction” during a meeting with Egyptian students, in remarks that diplomatic sources say mark a shift in Cairo's tone on one of its most sensitive national security issues, namely Nile water security. https://www.newarab.com/news/egyptian-m ... am-ruinous
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Re: Cairo's tone on one of its most sensitive national security issues
Same old drama and optics!
Sure enough Ethiopia's successful diplomatic and strategic response to Egypt's bluff with solid relationships with Israel, UAE, India etc has deeply frightened El-Sisi.
They will get used to it. The Ethiopia of 2025 is not what Egyptian fixed old arrogant perception hold inside their colonial skull.
Sure enough Ethiopia's successful diplomatic and strategic response to Egypt's bluff with solid relationships with Israel, UAE, India etc has deeply frightened El-Sisi.
They will get used to it. The Ethiopia of 2025 is not what Egyptian fixed old arrogant perception hold inside their colonial skull.