enawi's diplomatic delegation to the People: Omar Suleiman, the cause of the deterioration of relations between Egypt and Ethiopia

Dr. Mohammed Oboualgar, a professor at the University of Cairo, a member of the delegation of public diplomacy, who visited Ethiopia recently, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, told them that the intelligence chief of former Egyptian Omar Suleiman, was the main reason for the deterioration of relations between Egypt and Ethiopia during the rule of Mubarak, because was chiefly responsible for the file dealing with the Nile and Ethiopia, and expressed strong displeasure at the way he dealt with the Ethiopians of Solomon which is repeated for more than three times in his speech during the meeting with the delegation of the People.

Delivered Oboualgar at the meeting, the word which he emphasized the depth of historical relations and religious between Egypt and Ethiopia, which requires the restoration of these relations, pointing out that Egypt would not harm the interests of Ethiopia, will not stand up to the achievement of development and interests of the people in building projects that help to generate electricity without prejudice included by the river , confirming the change of administration after the Egyptian revolution of January 25 by approximately views to reach common solutions to support the development and the demands of the two countries.

Oboualgar said that the meeting did not review the details of the Framework Convention for the Nile basin, or re-negotiated, but the delegation of the People's touching serious Zenawi vowed to halt the ratification by Parliament until the completion of parliamentary and presidential elections in Egypt.

He described the government official familiar with the file the Nile Basin, the results of the delegation's visit popular that it was largely positive.

Said Ziad al-Alimi, a youth coalition of the Revolution, who was among the delegation, the People to Ethiopia, the Zenawi assured them that if it is found that filling the Millennium would prevent one meter of water from reaching Egypt you will not build, adding that the Ethiopian Government has examined a number of artistic designs of the dam has been selected the least harmful impact on the flow of water from the Ethiopian plateau to the east along the Nile, and the aim of generating electricity and not to use water stored in the dam for agriculture.

Alimi stressed that the January Uprising began to show positive results at the level of the Egyptian Foreign Relations and the restoration of confidence with the Nile Basin countries, after 30 years of cooling in relations with Ethiopia in particular, which supplies Egypt with 85% of its share of water.

He said that the number of youth coalition will meet Foreign Minister, Nabil Arab, and Prime Minister Essam Sharaf to inform them of the results of the visit.

The Prime Minister Essam Sharaf will visit at the head of the delegation of a number of ministers and businessmen to Ethiopia on 16 May next, may include the agreement on the features of the dam Millennium and Egypt's attitude towards its construction, and agreement on a number of bilateral cooperation projects between the two countries.