Ethiopia's Inalienable Right Not Up for Negotiation!

opinion

The use of the Nile waters is drawing unwarranted meddling from countries nearby and far afield with acts encroaching on the natural rights of the upper riparian countries, particularly Ethiopia, on the rise. The multi-pronged campaign aimed at dissuading Ethiopia from using its resources is testing its patience.

The United States, which executes its Middle East policy through Egypt's surrogacy, has set out to stop Ethiopia from filling the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) without the say-so of Egypt. Its blatant attempt to arm-twist Ethiopia, which is the source of around 86 percent of the annual flow to the Nile, in support of a country that does not contribute a single drop is an affront to Ethiopia's sovereignty. As the US seeks to constrain the legitimate rights of 260-million-plus strong Nile basin countries in favor of Egypt, Ethiopians need to stand together to expose and end this sheer folly. History will neither forget Egypt's display of maliciousness towards Ethiopians as they build a dam on the Nile for the very first time in the pursuit of their right to use the river's waters in an equitable and reasonable manner nor the US' myopic stance. Ethiopia's inalienable right to utilize the Nile can never be up for negotiation.

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