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CAIRO, Dec 28 (KUNA) -- Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation
Mohammed Abdel-Moteleb downplayed the effect of a new dam which Ethiopia plans
to establish on Lake Tana.
In statements to the state news agency (MENA), Abdel-Moteleb asserted that
the new dam will not impact the influx of water of Nasser Lake in South Egypt.
Egypt's technical studies have showed that the project will not affect the
water flow to Nasser Lake, the minister said.
He pointed that the dam for irrigation and drinking water purposes, adding
that the project design was studied thoroughly by a French consultancy firm in
1998. The dam will provide 250 million cubic meter of water per year for an
Ethiopian agricultural project to be set up on an area of 336 million square
meters. (end)
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