CAIRO: Egypt must preserve its water rights by reaching a binding legal agreement on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam that includes Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has said. Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency Bassam Rady said that the Egyptian leader received a call from the South African president. He said El-Sisi confirmed Egypt’s position on formulating a binding legal agreement that preserves Egyptian water rights and includes the three countries. The Sudanese government announced in mid-December an agreement with Ethiopia to resume negotiations on the disputed dam. Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resumed talks headed by the water ministers of the three countries early last month when Sudan took over organization of the meeting.

Source: Ethiopian News December 27, 2020 15:33 UTC