Ethiopia million US ambassadors to clarify Trump's proposal to Egypt to detonate the Great Renaissance dam and accuse him of provoking war.

The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said today that Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew had summoned US ambassador Michael Raynor after President Donald Trump suggested that Egypt could blow up the Great Renaissance dam that Ethiopia built on the Nile.

Foreign Minister Gedu told Raynor that "the incumbent US president inciting war between Ethiopia and Egypt does not reflect a long-standing partnership and strategic alliance between Ethiopia and the US, nor is it acceptable.

Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office on October 23, Trump said that the dam building of Ethiopia was "a very dangerous situation" for a downstream country like Egypt.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office previously issued a statement saying that Ethiopia is working to resolve outstanding issues with Sudan and Egypt and "will not flinch" at any aggressive statements, but did not mention.

Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn tweeted calling Trump's comments "reckless" and "irresponsible".

The Great Renaissance, Africa's largest dam, was started construction in 2011. Ethiopia said the $ 4 billion project was indispensable for the country's development and electrification needs, expressing hope

However, Egypt, a country that depends 97% of the Nile water for irrigation and subsistence, sees this work as an existential threat.

Trump, a close ally of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has agreed to act as a mediator in Cairo's proposed dam negotiations, with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin leading the talks.

The US State Department said in September it had partially suspended financial aid to Ethiopia, citing lack of progress in negotiations and that Ethiopia "unilaterally decided" to begin putting water in the dam's reservoir.

The Blue Nile joins the white Nile in Sudan, becomes the Nile, and about 85% of its flow originates from Ethiopia.