Egypt welcomes Trump’s call for ‘just agreement’ to dispute over Nile dam project – Middle East Monitor

Egypt welcomed on Tuesday US President Donald Trump’s call for reaching “a just agreement” on the dispute with Ethiopia on a dam project on the Nile River, Anadolu Agency reports.

Trump said on Monday that the US needs to work to resolve the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), stressing the importance of Nile water for Egypt as a “very important source of income and life.”

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Trump’s comments “demonstrate the…