CAIRO – 20 June 2022: Egypt’s Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Ati held a meeting with officials to discuss the outcomes of an Egyptian delegation visit to Iraq to study the establishment of a water treatment plant on the Euphrates River. According...اقرأ المزيد
CAIRO – 12 December 2021: Irrigation and Water Resource Minister Mohamed Abdel Ati said on Sunday about 25,000 encroachments were removed at a total area of 4.2 million square meters. The encroachments were removed in coordination with state bodies...اقرأ المزيد
CAIRO – 7 October 2021: Egypt’s Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Ati said the rainfall on Nile streams is still higher than average as he chaired a period meeting of the Permanent Committee for Regulating the River Nile Revenue. Abdel Ati affirmed...اقرأ المزيد
Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Ati said Egypt’s coastal protection projects are meant to confront the impact of climate change and stop coastal erosion. In a statement on Sunday, Abdel Ati said such projects contribute to increasing tourist...اقرأ المزيد
Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Ati said climate change affects negatively on water resources, thus jeopardizing sustainable development and the rights of people to water. He made the remarks on Friday during a meeting with Ayat Soliman, Regional Director...اقرأ المزيد
Saudi Arabia affirmed, Tuesday its support for Egypt and Sudan in preserving their “legitimate water rights”, and stressed the importance of maintaining water security stability in Africa. The Kingdom also praised all of Egypt and Sudan efforts...اقرأ المزيد
The US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price said in his daily Briefing that Ethiopia’s second filling for GERD is a unilateral action which is ‘fair to say that is a potential to raise tensions’ between parties.” “When it come to the GERD,...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Atty held a videoconference meeting with Ms. Inger Anderson, Director of the United Nations Environment Program to discuss the current situation of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam issue,...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian and Sudanese foreign ministers expressed their rejection of Ethiopia’s announcement of starting the filling process for the second year. Both leaders considered the announcement as explicit violation of the provisions of the Declaration of...اقرأ المزيد
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has warned against the unilateral filling of the Ethiopian massive dam (GERD) before an agreement can be reached between the concerned countries. Meeting with a delegation from DR Congo, Hamdok warned that such act...اقرأ المزيد
