Sudan stressed that it will not be affected if the reservoir of the Renaissance Dam is unilaterally filled by Ethiopia, which has entered into a bilateral confrontation with Egypt in this regard, while a new ministerial meeting is expected between the three countries under the auspices of the African Union in an effort to settle the crisis.

The Sudanese Minister of Irrigation Yasser Abbas said in an interview with Sudanese Radio today, Saturday, that his country will not be affected by the steps to unilaterally fill the Renaissance Dam by Ethiopia.

Abbas added that his country would not start storing its share of water until September or late August due to heavy silt in July.

But he said that his country prefers that no country act unilaterally, especially since there are ongoing negotiations.

The Sudanese Minister announced that the African Union Presidency is currently studying the final reports submitted by Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia.

He pointed out that a meeting of irrigation ministers will be held in the three countries next Tuesday, while other sources suggested that the meeting be at the level of chiefs.

Abbas confirmed that the President of South Africa and the current Chairman of the African Union Cyril Ramafuza will take the next step based on the results of that ministerial meeting.

For his part, Al-Jazeera correspondent in Sudan, Taher Al-Mardi, said that there is still no talk about the participation of presidents in the African mini-summit.

He added that the upcoming meeting will discuss the recent reports submitted to the African Union, including a proposal for an agreement submitted by Sudan.

He explained that after the negotiations reached a dead end, everyone is now waiting for the mini-African summit to reach solutions to avoid going to the UN Security Council so that the African House remains a framework for the desired settlement.

The reporter also indicated that the Blue Nile level maintained its level of decline four days after Ethiopia announced the start of filling the Renaissance Dam reservoir, before it retracted this announcement.

The stalemate of positions
After the failure of the last tripartite negotiating rounds between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, there is no sign on the horizon of any prospect of a recent breakthrough, in light of both Addis Ababa and Cairo sticking to their positions, and the tension between the two sides has reached the point of waving the military confrontation.

The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed said yesterday that filling the reservoir of the Renaissance Dam will be in accordance with the scheduled schedule.

Last Wednesday, Ethiopian media reported statements by the Ethiopian Minister of Irrigation Seleci Baqli that his country had started to mobilize the Renaissance Dam Lake from the waters of the Blue Nile, but he later denied that he had stated this, explaining that he only confirmed what a European satellite imagery showed from a large gathering of rain water in the lake.

After circulating statements by the Ethiopian Minister of Irrigation last Wednesday that the official start to fill the reservoir of the Renaissance Dam, which was later retracted, the correspondent reported that the level of the Blue Nile recorded a significant decrease at the first point of measurement in the Dim station behind the Lake El-Roussiris lake, which is only 20 km from the dam Renaissance.

For his part, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi stressed yesterday the imperative to develop a comprehensive legal agreement between all parties concerned regarding the rules for filling and operating the Renaissance Dam that Ethiopia built on the Blue Nile River near its border with Sudan, which Egypt now sees as a serious threat to its national security.

Egypt fears that the filling of the Renaissance Dam reservoir before reaching an agreement could harm its share of water that exceeds 55 billion cubic meters annually, while Ethiopia denies any intention to harm Cairo's water rights, and stresses that the completion of the dam - which costs about $ 5 billion and is expected to produce A large amount of electricity - will contribute to advancing the country's development process.