CAIRO - 13 June 2020: Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk has stressed the need to reach a binding legal agreement about the filling and operation of Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam. He also said the AU is closely following negotiations on the Renaissance Dam and agreed that Sudan would provide the Union with further information about the controversial dam. The Egyptian ministry said its statement comes in response to Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman Dina Mufti’s reiteration that his country will implement the second dam filling even if the three countries do not reach an agreement on the filling and operation of the dam. In 2015, the three countries signed the Declaration of Principles, per which the downstream countries [Egypt and Sudan] should not be negatively affected by the construction of the dam. This is not a threat.”Sudan, as well has warned more than once of filling the GERD before reaching a legal binding agreement.
