CAIRO: Egyptian and Kenyan officials have reached an agreement to cooperate on a project to conserve the precious waters of the Nile River, shared by the two states. The decision came after a meeting between an Egyptian delegation headed by Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Kamel Amr and Kenyan Prime Minister Ralla Odinga. The Egyptian delegation committed to a project to support Nile water conservation and to develop infrastructure for irrigation and drinking water in Kenya. The Egyptian government has budgeted for the projects under the Egyptian Initiative for Development in Africa. The Initiative prioritizes agriculture, energy, health and trade projects in Nile basin countries. “The government of Kenya should urgently identify projects that should be funded under this cooperation,” Amr said. Odinga said that there is room for Egypt and Kenya to foster further cooperation, particularly in trading Kenyan tea and livestock. He also called upon Egypt to support Kenya's military activity against Al-Shabaab in Somalia. “Kenya's incursion into Somalia was to stop frequent attacks on tourists and other atrocities committed by the terror organization on innocent people,” said the PM. The Egyptian minister expressed his desire to see the conflict between Kenya and Al-Shabaab come to a peaceful end, and he agreed to attend an international conference in Kenya next March on piracy. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/xBfAh Tags: Conservation, featured, Kenya, Water Section: Egypt, Environment, Going Green, Latest News, Sudan
