Nile
“We are always talking about reaching a legal and binding agreement on filling and operation of the dam; an agreement takes into accounts the interests of the three countries,” Shoukry said.
A total of 11,075 reports of encroachments on Nile canals have been referred to the military prosecution, according to a Monday Irrigation Ministry statement.
Al-Sawaf village in the city of Kom Hamada in El-Beheira governorate, northern Egypt, has been flooded with Nile water since Sunday.
The Egyptian media should not mention a military action as an option in the issue of the Renaissance Dam (GERD), President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said Tuesday.
Since Ethiopia unilaterally commenced the construction of this dam, our negotiations have included numerous trilateral and bilateral summit meetings between the leaders of our three countries, Shourky says.
The newly-formed legal and technical committee will submit its report on the disputed issues to President Ramaphosa within a week from the issuance of the communique.
The African Union and the three countries agreed to form the technical and legal committee tasked to reach an agreement in two weeks
They affirmed that the controversial issue of the dam can be solved only via negotiations, according to a statement from the Sudanese cabinet on Wednesday.
The U.S. has reaffirmed its support for “a fair and equitable agreement that balances the interests” of Ethiopia and the two downstream nations, while the Arab League said the water security of Egypt and Sudan are integral to the Arab national security.
The American National Security Council posted Wednesday a tweet in which it urged the Ethiopian government to reach a “fair” deal on GERD.
The Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation said in a statement that the fourth meeting between Ministers of Water Affairs of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan on the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been concluded.
A number of Ethiopians living in the United States participated Sunday in the protest organized by the Egyptian community in America outside the White House.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Ahmed Hafez, expressed his disappointment on Sunday over the Sudanese Foreign Ministry’s statement.
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in which it rejected the Ethiopian foreign ministry’s statement on the Arab League stance on GERD.
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in which it rejected the Ethiopian foreign ministry’s statement on the Arab League stance on GERD.
The Arab League Council voiced rejection of any infringement of Egypt’s historical rights to the waters of the River Nile.
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is attending today a meeting to review the final version of a comprehensive agreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Ethiopian Minister of Water Resources and Energy Seleshi Bekele announced in December that his country will start the first phase of filling the reservoir in July 2020.
“Youth Love Egypt” organization launched a campaign in cooperation with the Egyptian ministry of irrigation, and the ministry of youth to clean the Nile waters.
On November 6, 2019, Shahd’s father called the police to report her disappearance.
