Samar Samir

A meeting held by the state-owned National Water Research Center discussed the Japanese proposal. The irrigation system will be applied in two areas.

The approach taken by the US administration in making unilateral decisions is a flagrant violation to the international law and the UN resolutions that relate with the Palestinian cause,” Arab League said.

“Development is a human right,” said Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El Sisi at the Africa 2019 Conference in the New Administrative Capital.

Egypt adheres to reaching a fair agreement on the technical issues, said Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Atti.

Both sides highlighted the significance of reaching an agreement that secures the rights of the Nile Basin countries and avoids any harm to their water interests.

The first round will last for two days, during which water ministers of the three countries will discuss the disputed rules of the dam's operation and filling.

In a press conference with his German counterpart Heiko Maas in Cairo, Shoukry announced that US administration invited the countries to meet in Washington on November 6, 2019.

Benefits of rainwater floods boil down to feeding the aquafer of underground water in the peninsula and increasing the arable land, Sinai Governorate announced in a statement.