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Egypt joins with EU to protect water security
CAIRO — Egypt’s Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Mohamed Abdel Aty announced in a July 24 press release that an agreement had been reached with the European Union (EU) to finance an irrigation-development project and improve the…
- Ayah Aman
- Al-Monitor
The Egyptian government has been seeking to expand cooperation with international partners to address the threats to Egyptian water security.
Egypt suffers from water scarcity, with a water deficit of 20 billion cubic meters (16.2 million acre feet) a year.
The government has…