In anticipation of the Security Council meeting, the African Union is on the path to the Renaissance Dam crisis

The president of the current session of the African Union called the President of South Africa Cyril Ramafuza to a meeting to discuss the dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam, days before the Security Council convened, while Ethiopia renewed its intention to fill the dam even without reaching an agreement, amid international warnings.

It is scheduled to hear the Africans in the meeting - which is held today, Friday, via video conference - to representatives of the three countries to give the opportunity to reach a tripartite agreement ending the crisis.

Observers consider the entry of the African Union in the crisis file an important development and the return of the file to the African Union.

Observers believe that this meeting - which precedes the expected UN Security Council meeting next Monday - sends a message to the three parties stating that they are uncomfortable with transferring the file to the UN Security Council and ignoring the African Union and internationalizing the file.

In the same context, Kenya stressed the importance of resolving the Renaissance Dam file within the framework of the African House, and stressed the importance of resuming negotiations between the three countries and resolving differences through negotiation.

Kenya said that African-African differences should be resolved through African mechanisms, and Kenya's Minister of Water and Irrigation Sisli Karaoke stressed the importance of resolving differences between the Nile Basin countries within the framework of their dialogues.

Ethiopian insistence

Meanwhile, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Guido Andaragashiu reiterated that his country intends to start operating the Renaissance Dam even without reaching an agreement with Egypt and Sudan.

Andaragashio expressed his hope to reach an agreement with Egypt and Sudan, but at the same time he affirmed that Ethiopia would not allow anyone to control the flow of the Nile water.

In this context, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi held phone talks with the president of the current session of the African Union, South African President Cyril Ramafusa, on the developments of the Renaissance Dam issue.

The Egyptian presidency said that Sisi briefed his South African counterpart, president of the current session of the African Union, on the developments of the issue in light of Egypt's request for intervention by the UN Security Council in order to reach an agreement that takes into account the interests of all parties.

The Egyptian presidency confirmed its adherence to formulating an agreement on the rules for filling and operating the Renaissance Dam and rejecting what it described as unilateral measures that may harm Egypt's rights in the waters of the Nile.

In turn, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that dialogue is the only way to solve the issue of the Renaissance Dam, and he believed that Khartoum's negotiations on the Renaissance Dam had not been exhausted, stressing his support for it.

Next Monday, the United Nations Security Council is scheduled to hold an open session at the request of the United States to discuss the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis.

The League of Arab States earlier adopted a proposal to form a committee of members to follow up the file of the Renaissance Dam in the Security Council, and work with Egypt and Sudan to secure an international position in support of a negotiated solution to the dispute, according to international law.