The Egyptian president has called for EU support for his country’s position on the ‘existential’ Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as the two sides look to step up political and economic relations against the backdrop of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al Sisi told EU enlargement commissioner Olivér Várhelyi that the fate of the dam was an ‘existential issue’ for Egypt and its people and requested the bloc’s support during a meeting in Cairo on Wednesday (1 June). The Israeli gas will go through pipelines from Israel to Egypt, and then be shipped to Europe, she said. This week, Polish President Andrzej Duda has also been courting al Sisi’s support on his first-ever official visit to Egypt with a view to importing liquefied gas from Egypt to Poland. Earlier in May, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met al Sisi in Cairo and discussed Washington’s support “for Egypt’s security, food, and fuel needs”, according to an official statement.

Source: Ethiopian News June 01, 2022 15:46 UTC