The European Union renews its call to all parties to resume negotiations, and the Union is ready to play a more active role provided it is what all parties desire, Massrali said. On Monday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed congratulated his people on the completion of the second filling of the Renaissance Dam reservoir. Ahmed published new pictures of the dam on Twitter, after the second filling was complete. Cairo and Khartoum strongly objected the second filling in the absence of a binding legal agreement between the three countries, who have been negotiating the issue for years. Addis Ababa carried out the first filling of GERD in July 2020, according to what Ahmed’s office announced at the time.

Source: Egypt Independent July 24, 2021 12:22 UTC