CAIRO – 16 April 2021: Egypt’s Minister of Water Resources Mohamed Abdel Aati expressed to UAE’s Ambassador to Egypt Hamad bin Saied Egypt’s clear desire to reach a fair, legally binding agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Sudan earlier welcomed a suggested Emirati mediation in the GERD dispute between Egypt and Sudan on one side and Ethiopia on the other side. Rounds of negotiations among Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on GERD have reached a deadlock several times with Egypt blaming the failure on Ethiopia’s intransigence. Egypt and Sudan insist that a legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of the dam should be reached before Ethiopia implements the second phase of dam filling. Ethiopia, however, says it will complete the dam filling in July with or without an agreement.

Source: Egypt Today April 16, 2021 12:00 UTC