Nile Water
On Wednesday, Hamdouk ordered to form a committee under his chairmanship to follow the file of the GERD.
President Sisi voiced his rejection of any unilateral measures that would harm Egypt's water rights, expressing his appreciation for President Ramaphosa’s efforts in this regard.
Despite the Sudanese measurement indications on the decline in water level, Seleshi Bekele said on his unverified Twitter account that the “inflow into the reservoir [is] due to heavy rainfall and runoff exceeded the outflow and created natural pooling.This continues until overflow is triggered soon.”
The urgent meeting was announced few hours after a phone call conducted between President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his South African counterpart.
The new round of negotiations has been announced less than two months ahead of filling the dam reservoir with the Nile water due to start in July.
Sudan’s representatives asked to not put Sudan in the draft resolution, saying “The Arab league should not be involved in this file.”
Sudan’s representatives asked to not put Sudan in the draft resolution, saying “The Arab league should not be involved in this file.”
Egypt says that violations of the international laws and the Declaration of Principles are impermissible under Ethiopia’s ownership of the dam.
Following the final round of the meetings between the countries and the US and the WB representatives in Washington D.C.on February 12-13, 2020, the participants issued a communique saying that the negotiations achieved a concrete development and a final
Ahmed added that his country will never sign an agreement that harms his country’s national interests or any Nile downstream countries.
The US drafted a document of agreement regarding the three points of contention and was unilaterally signed by Egypt, the statement said.
The meeting aim at reaching a final agreement on the points of disagreements between the three countries on the controversial Ethiopian dam.
The amount of released water subject to very accurate management that depends on the various sectors’ water needs.
The meeting will discuss the mechanism for settling disputes that may arise from resetting the policy of dam operation due to changes in the amounts of Nile floods from one year to another or from one period to another.
The three countries’ ministers will meet again in Washington D.C. on January 28-29 to “finalize a comprehensive agreement” on the controversial dam.
Both sides highlighted the significance of reaching an agreement that secures the rights of the Nile Basin countries and avoids any harm to their water interests.
Shoukry will also conduct consultations with several US officials on enhancing the bilateral relations between Egypt and the United States.
Shoukry called for respecting International law, pursuing good governance of rivers in a way that preserves the interests of the Nile basin countries.
The Ethiopian stance has caused Egypt to face a stumble regarding finding a solution to the operation and management problem of the Ethiopian dam, said Abdel Atti.
“The environmental and hydrological studies of the dam have not been carried out yet, and we hope that consultant firms finish them,” said Madbouli