She elaborated that 31 out of a total of 34 factories, blamed for polluting the Nile with their discharges, have already readjusted themselves to the utilization of clean technology. These plants used to dispose of around 100 million cubic meters of waste into the Nile. According to Ebeid, a declaration would be issued to the whole world proclaiming that the Nile is fully clean and in the pink of health. If anything, French contribution to preserving African security is a natural reaction towards a continent that has not only been an asset to security in France but has also at times ultimately preserved the country's very existence. France is thus urged, with its long experience with the Black continent, to devise a new form of dealing with African countries based on partnership and equality, a new form divorced of any exercise of influence or guardianship.
African security is, first and foremost, an African concern.
There exist several intersecting circles of interest between Egypt and France as concerns the conditions, the problems and the future of Africa. The two countries are eager to have security and stability prevail in that turbulent part of the world. They are at one that chronic African problems cannot be solved unless Africans put their shoulders to the wheels of development and democracy. With its strong historical binds to the Black Continent, particularly to the Francophone countries, France is the best appreciative, among other countries of world, of Egypt's role ordained by the facts of geography. France is also fully aware that achieving security and stability in Africa together with establishing a dispute-resolving mechanism stand a basic fundamental of Egypt's African policies.