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Swiss firm plans to transfer Ethiopia water to Djibouti
In 2013, Ethiopia and Djibouti agreed to develop the underground water to
be exported to Djibouti.
World Bulletin / News Desk
A Swiss water company plans to explore the possibilities of developing and
transferring groundwater to Djibouti from Eastern Ethiopia.
"The Swiss company and Kuwaiti diplomats have contacted us and they will be
visiting Djibouti and hold further discussions," Djiboutian Ambassador to
Ethiopia Mohamed Idriss Farah told Anadolu Agency.
A delegation from the Mai Resources International and the Kuwait embassy
met with Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome and Water Minister Alemayehu
Tegenu to discuss the project.
"This has nothing to do with the Nile River waters and the proposed project
area is in Eastern Ethiopia, 1165km far from the Nile," the Kuwait embassy
said in a statement.
The proposed project is planned to be carried out in Adi Ggala town of
Ethiopia's Somali Regional State, according to the Djibouti ambassador.
In 2013, Ethiopia and Djibouti agreed to develop the underground water to
be exported to Djibouti.
A Chinese Company is now developing the underground water to be used for
drinking.
Ethiopian Minister of Finance and Economic Development Sufian Ahmed and his
Djiboutian counterpart Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh had signed an agreement to
facilitate cooperation on water supply between the two countries.
According to the agreement, Djibouti will install a 70km long water
pipeline from the proposed project area, the Ethiopian town of Adi Ggala to
the Guelileh border crossing all the way to Djibouti City.
Received on Thu May 01 2014 - 07:35:16 EDT