Ethiopia has denied that three-way talks are stalled, accusing Egypt of trying to sidestep the process. Recent proposals put forward by Egypt for a flexible reservoir-filling process and a guaranteed annual flow of 40 billion cubic meters were rejected by Ethiopia. Egypt draws almost all of its fresh water supplies from the Nile, and is faced with worsening water scarcity for its population of nearly 100 million. Hydrologists consider a country to be facing water scarcity if supplies drop below 1,000 cubic meters per person per year. Egypt currently has around 570 cubic meters per person per year, a figure that is expected to drop to 500 cubic meters by 2025, without taking into account any reduction in supply caused by GERD, Egyptian officials said.

Source: Ethiopian News October 20, 2019 18:56 UTC