2023-05-24 09:20:53
Cairo: The fact that Ethiopia is the headquarters of the African Union does not qualify it to speak on behalf of it or its member states, to cover up its violations of the rules of international law and good neighborliness.
Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, considered that the statement of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Issued the day before yesterday, Monday, as a comment on the decision of the recent Arab summit Supporting the position of Egypt and Sudan on the issue of the Renaissance Dam, misleading and full of fallacies and twisting the facts, and even a desperate attempt to drive a wedge between Arab and African countries by portraying Arab support for Egypt’s just and responsible position as an Arab-African dispute.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman expressed his regret over the false allegations contained in the statement that the three countries, Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, had already agreed during negotiations on the volume of water to be stored and the period for filling the dam reservoir, and that resorting to Egypt and Sudan to request Arab support is a violation of the agreement of principles. And the claim that the Arab member states of the African Union do not unanimously support the Arab decision issued at the recent summit.
He added that Egypt’s history of supporting national struggle movements and liberation from colonialism in Africa, and its efforts and resources to support economic and social development and peace-building programs on the continent, are not at all consistent with flimsy allegations that Egypt is mobilizing Arab countries once morest African interests.
He added that the fact that Ethiopia is the headquarters of the African Union does not qualify it to speak on behalf of it or its member states in this way, to cover up its violations of the rules of international law and the principles of good neighborliness.
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