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Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser for Political Affairs, Yemane Gebreab, handed a message from President Isaias to President Morsi of Egypt on Monday (April 13th) this week. According to Egypt's State Information Service, President Morsi, who said he looked forward to meet Eritrea's President, praised Eritrea's support for Egypt's claim to "historic rights" to the Nile water.
This is the claim has led Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania, and later Burundi to reject the colonial era Nile Water agreements between Egypt and Sudan. All these Nile Basin countries have signed the Cooperative Framework Agreement to provide for reasonable and equitable utilization of the river.
South Sudan has yet to sign but has also expressed its opposition to the 1959 Nile Water agreements between Sudan and Egypt.