Ethiopia defies Egyptians: We will continue the project "Renaissance Dam"

Ethiopia announced on Thursday its determination to build a dam "renaissance" on the Blue Nile, which is a controversial project angered Egypt.
 And said Reda Getacev the spokesman Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Mariam Dessalines, "We will continue our project," adding that construction of the dam does not depend on the political will of the Egyptians.
 The spokesman pointed out that Ethiopia has called on Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to discuss the issue of the dam, but the "negotiation" on halting the project is out of the question.
 Ethiopia began at the end of May divert the waters of the Blue Nile - which meets the White Nile in Khartoum to form the Nile River, and after Sudan, passes the river in Egypt and then flows into the Mediterranean.
 The conversion, which began at the end of May, 500 meters and addresses will be allowed to start manned the dam, which is estimated to cost 3.2 billion euros.
 The impacts of the project angered Egypt, which considers that the rights of the historic Nile River guaranteed by treaties تعودان to 1929 and 1959 and Tmanhaha veto power over any project you see Cairo detrimental to their interests, but these treaties Tlkien opposition of the majority of the Nile Basin countries, and including Ethiopia, signed the Treaty of different in 2010, allows with development projects on the river without seeking the approval of Cairo.
 He said Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr Thursday that dialogue with Ethiopia about the dam Renaissance sponsor to achieve "development goals" and the interests of the states of the mouth of the River Nile, namely Egypt, Sudan, and comes a day after warning adviser to the Egyptian president that his country would consider "all options" if the project Ethiopian hurt Egypt.
 For its part, announced that Egyptian President Adviser for Political Affairs باكينام Cherkaoui according to the news agency quoted the Egyptian official MENA that Cairo would ask Ethiopia to stop the project.
 And began to Ethiopia to build a number of dams to produce electricity for the needs of its domestic market as well as for export - to Djibouti, Sudan and Kenya in particular, and distracting the first phase of bridging the "renaissance" for electric power generation - Card 700 megawatts - will continue for three years, and will power dam in the end to six thousand megawatts.View the original content on the portal Electronic dawn - Ethiopia defies Egyptians: We will continue the project "Renaissance Dam"