Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Sadiq announced Friday that Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has invited the leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia to direct negotiations to help resolve the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute. She added that Sudan sent a letter to the secretary general of the UN Security Council several days ago, informing him of the situation and the outcome of the recent Kinshasa negotiations. The Ethiopian position in the recent Kinshasa negotiations was clearly intransigent, Sadiq said, and involved clear attempts to provoke Egypt and Sudan. Ethiopia is trying to divert attention from its internal problems and unite its people under the GERD project, she explained. Egypt and Sudan say they want a legally binding agreement on filling and operating the GERD, while Ethiopia is trying to evade a binding agreement.

Source: Egypt Independent April 17, 2021 09:00 UTC