Egypt refuses to pass on water

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Cairo - Egypt will reject any proposal to lower its quota of the Nile water, Egyptian Irrigation Minister Mahmud Abdel Halim Abu Zeid said on Saturday, ahead of delicate talks with other countries sharing the African river basin.

"The talks will have to comply with one permanent feature: not to touch Egypt's historical rights," the minister told a news conference.

Abu Zeid will represent Egypt in a new round of discussions to open on Sunday in Uganda with the nine other countries party to the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI).

He said the talks should focus on "the means to benefit from the Nile water which are lost," and not on a review of Egypt's share.

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1494535,00.html

[whistle]

1. Geeze, the middle east needs water...

...we need oil. Let's make a trade:kick:

[Philosophy]

2. When you gotta go

You gotta go