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Egypt is stepping up the charm offensive on returning to the Nile Basin <\/strong>Initiative<\/strong>, with diplomatic sources which attended last week\u2019s NBI Ministerial Committee talks in Khartoum telling Al Monitor<\/a> that Egypt\u2019s delegation had stressed the possibility of Egypt reactivating its NBI membership and putting aside differences. The Egyptian delegation appeared open to restarting talks on the Entebbe agreement, which rearranged Nile water allotments and what drove Egypt to withdraw in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt is stepping up the charm offensive on returning to the Nile Basin Initiative, with diplomatic sources which attended last week\u2019s NBI Ministerial Committee talks in Khartoum telling Al Monitor that Egypt\u2019s delegation had stressed the possibility of Egypt reactivating its NBI membership and putting aside differences. 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