APA-Cairo (Egypt) Dr. Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Sunday said the country was seeking an understanding with Sudan and Egypt to increase its quota of the Nile water by about 11 billion cubic meters a year.
Zeid said such an increase was needed to meet the needs of population growth and agricultural projects in Egypt.
He made the statement in a press release on Saturday on the sidelines of a meeting of water ministers of the eastern Nile Basin countries.
The minister said a similar coordination was sought with his Ugandan counterpart. (MR/tjm/APA)
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