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President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir discussed in Juba on Saturday the developments of negotiations on GERD.
“In June 2021, the dam will start its first round of power generation,” he said during an online lecture at the University College London (UCL).
Azhar offered its condolences to the Sudanese people and government and Al Mahdi's family over his death.
Hamdok asserted that it must not be operated until an agreement is reached.
Six Arab countries participate in a military exercise Nov. 17-26 in Egypt’s Mohamed Naguib military base, according to a Sunday statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense.
The method used in the negotiation during the past rounds has proven to be useless, the statement said.
Aid agencies are racing to scale up the humanitarian response in remote areas of eastern Sudan, where more than 30,000 people fleeing the fighting have arrived in under two weeks.
Egyptian and Sudanese military production institutes signed on Friday a a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in various manufacturing fields.
Khartoum governor said Egypt and Sudan's stability is a key pillar that guarantees stability of the entire region, accentuating the necessity of exchanging Egyptian-Sudanese expertise in the various domains, with a view to benefiting from the Egyptian expertise in the education, training, rehabilitation, culture exchange, infrastructure and the environmental health spheres.
Several Ethiopians, including army soldiers, fled the escalating conflict in the restive Tigray region to neighbouring Sudan on Monday, Sudanese state media and residents said.
The meeting tackled the latest update of the ministry’s projects nationwide.
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok affirmed during a meeting, Monday Khartoum’s stance on reaching a fair agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), to all three countries of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia under the supervision of the African Union.
He said that the EU is aware of the importance of this file for the three countries, noting that he discussed this matter with Egypt several times.
The meeting's outcomes will be reported to the ministers of the three states as they will convene on November 5.
Sunday's meeting is the outcome of another that took place on October 27.
During this one-week round, the three countries would discuss a clear and detailed agenda and a tight timetable for the path of negotiation, according to a statement by the Sudanese Ministry of Eater Resources.
Chief of Staff of Armed Forces Lieutenant General Mohamed Farid left Cairo Saturday, heading to Sudan in an official visit.
The railway extends with a length of about 900 km in both countries.
The Egyptian ministers of foreign affairs and irrigation emphasized the need to reach a binding legal agreement on the filling and operation of Ethiopia's Renaissance dam as per resolutions adopted during the relevant meetings of the African Union Bureau.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi stressed that joint development projects will be expedited as he met with Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Tuesday.
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