The fact that the President of Ethiopia responded to Sisi's statements about compromising Egypt's share of the Nile water

President of Ethiopia Sahle Work Zodi.

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After Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi warned against compromising Egypt's share of the Nile water, social media users circulated a statement that they attributed to the President of Ethiopia describing these Egyptian warnings as a "media bang."

However, the allegation is wrong, and the alleged Ethiopian statement is unfounded.

In the picture, the President of Ethiopia, Sahle Work Zodi, wrote at the bottom of the screen, "Urgent: President of Ethiopia: Sisi's statements are just a media bang to control popular anger towards him, especially after the train accident", referring to a collision of two trains in Sohag Governorate in southern Egypt two weeks ago. Dozens were killed and wounded.

This news, composite on a picture of Al-Jazeera, received hundreds of posts and interactions on social media since it began spreading on March 31, following statements by the Egyptian President in which he warned against compromising Egypt's share of the Nile River.

On March 30, El-Sisi warned of prejudice to Egypt's water, commenting on the developments in the negotiations of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which Cairo fears will affect its share of the Nile water.

"We do not threaten anyone, but no one can take a drop of water from Egypt, otherwise the region will witness a state of instability that no one can imagine," he said.

On Tuesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi warned against compromising Egypt's water in his comment on the developments in the negotiations of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which Cairo fears will affect its share of the Nile water.

In fact, it turned out that the Ethiopian presidency did not respond to Sisi's statements, and did not accuse him of diverting attention from the Sohag train accident, and the statement attributed to the President of Ethiopia is untrue, according to the fact-finding office of the "France Press" agency.

Journalists of the "Agence France-Presse" agency in Addis Ababa denied the authenticity of this news as well, and said, "There is no effect of a similar statement on any of the local media or on any credible Ethiopian website."

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