Ethiopia
A complete file on the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been submitted to the UNSC to be a reference for the international community on this issue and to document Egypt’s constructive and responsible positions taken over a decade of negotiations, Hafez said.
The meeting will be held on the fringe of the Arab foreign ministers' consultative meeting in Doha on Tuesday.
Egypt and Sudan asked for forming an international quartet led by the Democratic Republic of Congo that currently chairs the AU, United States, the European Union, and the United Nations.
Shoukry called upon the United Nations and the UN Security Council to contribute to pushing Ethiopia to seriously engage in negotiations to reach the desired agreement, the statement said.
Foreign and irrigation ministers of Egypt and Sudan voiced deep concern over the possible risk of Ethiopia's unilateral filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) without reaching a binding legal agreement
Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry and Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel Aty headed Wednesday to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
"Any action that would be taken without reaching a just and binding legal agreement and without coordination with the downstream countries is a rejected unilateral act," Abdel-Atti said.
The meeting tackled the latest developments regarding the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam negotiations that failed to reach a binding agreement to fill and operate the dam.
An audio of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed surfaced on social media purporting that he tells his part he “would rather die than hand over power” to other politicians and activists, although Ahmed’s office said on Tuesday that the audio is “fake.”
Cairo University announced, in a statement on Tuesday, that it has started a while ago to develop the technological infrastructure in its colleges, allocating L.E. 500 million for this purpose.
The Sudanese Military forces denied, Wednesday engaging in any clashes in Bashenda border area, it was added that the “armed forces are operating normally without facing any hostilities.”
The Sudanese and Ethiopian armies engaged Wednesday in military clash using heavy weapons in Bashenda border area.
The United states announced imposing visa restriction for Ethiopian government officials and members of security forces or any other individuals responsible for, or complicit in, undermining resolution of the crisis in Tigray.
The minister added that Egypt heading to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is not ruled out.
Egypt’s Minister of water and irrigation Mohamed Abd El Atty explained that Ethiopia’s second filling for The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) expected in July will affect Egypt and Sudan by all means
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi met on Sunday Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Council Abdel Fatah al-Burhan in Paris, where they will both attend two conferences on Sudan and Africa.
The Egyptian president also pointed out that negotiations mandate exercising patience.
Both parties also held consultations over ways to make the ongoing efforts succeed in reaching a legal binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Ethiopian dam.
Attempts by Ethiopian monks to obliterate the identity of the Coptic Church’s Sultan Monastery in Jerusalem are not acceptable, Egyptian Member of Parliament Amr Ezzat said on Tuesday.
Zahran's warning came during his participation Tuesday in a symposium organized at the National War College (NWC) of the United States.
