The Sudanese Security and Defense Council stressed that Sudan's option regarding the Renaissance Dam is to negotiate under the umbrella of the African Union, to allow the demands of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia to be met, while an Egyptian ministerial delegation intends to visit Khartoum.
The Council stressed during a meeting yesterday, Thursday, the need to reach a comprehensive and binding agreement regarding the filling and operation of the Renaissance Dam and future projects on the Blue Nile, according to the report of the African Union experts, and the message of the current president of the African Union.
The Defense Council, chaired by the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, considered that this agreement is necessary to reduce the risks to the Rusayris Dam, and to reduce the environmental and social repercussions of the operation of the Renaissance Dam.
In the same context, the official Sudanese News Agency "SUNA" said that Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly will visit Khartoum tomorrow, Saturday, at the head of a delegation that includes the ministers of irrigation, water resources, electricity, renewable energies, health, trade and industry, and a number of senior officials in the ministries of transport and education.
The agency added that the visit will last for one day, during which cooperation will be discussed in all fields of electrical interconnection, roads, railway connectivity, higher education, trade and industry.
This will be the first visit of the Egyptian prime minister to Sudan since the formation of the transitional government in Khartoum in 2019.
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia agreed last Monday to postpone the Renaissance Dam negotiations for a week, at the request of Khartoum in light of "Ethiopia's change of the negotiating agenda."
On July 21, the African Union held a mini-summit with the participation of the three countries, about a week after the conclusion of negotiations sponsored by the Union for about 10 days without an agreement, and the summit resulted in a renewed call for new tripartite negotiations.
Negotiations between the three countries have faltered over the past years, amid mutual accusations between Cairo and Addis Ababa of intransigence and a desire to impose unrealistic solutions.
While Addis Ababa says it does not aim to harm the interests of Egypt and Sudan, and that the aim of building the dam is primarily to generate electricity.