And as the final countdown begins, both Egypt and Ethiopia appear to be courting Sudan’s favor to win leverage in the dispute. On Sunday, senior officials from both Egypt and Ethiopia issued statements that highlighted the continuing intransigence on both sides. Delegations from Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan met three times in Washington DC earlier this year. Under the terms of a 1959 bilateral agreement signed by Egypt and Sudan — which was built on a 1929 agreement — Egypt was entitled to 55 billion cubic meters and Sudan 18.5 billion cubic meters to the Blue Nile. In 2011 — in the aftermath of the revolution in Egypt — Ethiopia upgraded its plans from a 14 billion cubic meter project to a giant 74 billion cubic meter mega-dam.
Source: Ethiopian News April 16, 2020 17:08 UTC