Egyptian officials express anger on Nile water basin agreement
Egypt has strengthened efforts to annul the recent agreement signed by 4 Nile Basin countries to share the Nile's water. Egyptian officials on Nile affairs expressed their anger over Ethiopia 's new dam, which was agreed upon with Egypt 's absence
Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is set to travel to Italy , the main financier of hydro dams in Ethiopia to meet Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
Sources reported that Mubarak called on his team to organise a ministerial consultation meeting in Alexandria to renew dialogue with Nile basin countries.They will discuss the equal distribution of the water and the effects of the controversial hydro power dam scheduled to be built.