Ethiopian PM arrives in Egypt for talks on sharing Nile
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has arrived in Cairo for a two-day visit to discuss a massive dam that Egypt fears will cut into its share of the Nile.
Egypt's Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday's visit in a statement that only made passing mention of the dam among other issues. It said Desalegn would meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, and that the two countries' foreign ministers had held talks ahead of the visit.
Egypt has expressed mounting alarm over the soon-to-be-completed upstream dam. The Nile provides nearly all the freshwater for the country's 95 million people.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ethiopia, with roughly the same population, has downplayed those fears, insisting the dam is essential to its economic development.
El-Sissi is expected to meet Desalegn on Thursday.