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Ethiopia is furious after Trump said Egypt could blow up the Nile Dam
"Addis Ababa has summoned the US ambassador to the talks, following a warning by the US president accusing her of thwarting the agreement with Cairo.
Egypt and Sudan fear a water shortage
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Saturday, October 24, 2020, 9:45 p.m.
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Ethiopia (Photo: Reuters, Edited by Shaul Adam)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmad warned today (Saturday) that his country "will not succumb to aggression of any kind," a day after US President Donald Trump said Egypt could blow up the controversial dam it is building on the Nile.
U.S. Ambassador to Addis Ababa has been summoned for a clarification call, claiming that Washington is "inciting war."
The "Great Ethiopian Resurrection Dam" project is at the center of a long-running dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt and Sudan, fearing harm to their water supply.
Trump, during a conversation with Sudanese leaders who also dealt with normalization with Israel, said that Cairo would not be able to live with the dam and could destroy it.
Trump claimed he had already drafted an agreement, but Ethiopia violated it so he was forced to cut aid to the East African country.
In Ethiopia, the United States is seen as taking the side of Egypt, whose leader 'Abd al-Fatah al-Sisi and Trump have close ties.
Trump has previously called him "his favorite dictator."
Just last month, Washington announced a cut in some of the aid it is handing over to Addis Ababa after it began filling the reservoir behind the dam in July.
In Ethiopia it is claimed that it filled up naturally after heavy rains fell in the area and that the first phase of its filling ended in August.
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The Great Resurrection Dam (Photo: Reuters)
Abbey did not explicitly address Trump's remarks, but did not leave much doubt as to what provoked his angry reaction.
He promised that Ethiopia would complete the construction of the dam, whose construction on the Blue Nile began in 2011 and the cost of completing the project is estimated at four billion dollars.
"Ethiopians never surrender to their enemies, but respect their comrades. They have not done so in the present or in the future," said the Ethiopian prime minister, who received the Nobel Peace Prize last year for ending the war with neighboring Eritrea.
"Occasional statements of belligerent threats designed to cause Ethiopia to succumb to unfair demands are still abundant. These threats and insults to Ethiopian sovereignty are erroneous, ineffective and a clear violation of international law."
Took the side of Egypt.
Trump in a telephone conversation with Sudanese leaders, Friday (Photo: Reuters)
Most of Egypt's water supply comes from the Nile, the longest river in Africa, and the speed of completion of the dam will affect possible damage to Egypt.
Cairo wants the process to be as slow as possible, while Sudan also fears water shortages.
Negotiations between them have until recently been mediated by the United States, but with its failure to lead to an agreement it is under the auspices of the African Union.
When constructed, the Resurrection Dam will be the largest hydroelectric venture in Africa and Ethiopia believes it will lift millions of its citizens out of poverty.
Abbey, which has been facing severe waves of ethnic violence over the past year threatening its reforms, claims the talks have progressed since the beginning of the mediation of the African Union.
However, the parties have not yet resolved the key disputes over what will happen in drought scenarios and how future conflicts over the river will be resolved.
In Europe they called for calm.
"It is time for action and not for increasing tensions," EU Foreign Minister Joseph Burrell said before announcing Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry summoning the US ambassador.
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