Trump offers to restart mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia on Nile River water sharing


An aerial view of the River Nile valley pictured through the window of an airplane on a flight between Cairo and Luxor, Egypt April 11, 2021. Picture taken April 11, 2021. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Jan 16 (Reuters) - ‌The United States ‌is ready to ‌restart mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to help resolve ‍the issue ‍of Nile River ‌water sharing, President Donald ‍Trump ​said in a letter ⁠to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah ‌al-Sisi on Friday.

"I am ⁠ready to ‍restart U.S. mediation between Egypt and ‍Ethiopia to responsibly ‌resolve the question of 'The Nile Water Sharing' once and for all," Trump wrote in the letter, which he ‌posted to his Truth Social account.

(Reporting by ​Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto, Editing by Bhargav Acharya)

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