With the escalation of Egyptian fears following the continued failure of the negotiations on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi tried to reassure him by saying that the negotiations need a long-term policy, and that Egypt is fighting through negotiations.

During statements broadcast by MBC Masr on Saturday, Sisi said that the Egyptians ’concern about the Renaissance Dam file is a well-deserved concern, stressing that Egypt is always moving in the path of negotiation to preserve its rights, and that the Renaissance Dam file“ needs negotiation. And long-suffering, patience, and no anxiety. "

Al-Sisi stressed the need for the cohesion of the internal front to face all external problems, and also touched on government measures to confront the water shortage crisis, referring to projects lining canals and several measures to reduce water loss in Egypt.

For years, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have been engaged in stalled negotiations over the Renaissance Dam, as the latter insisted on completing its construction and then starting the stages of filling its lake even without reaching an agreement with Cairo and Khartoum.

Egypt fears that its share of the Nile water, which amounts to about 55 billion cubic meters annually, will be affected, and its decrease will cause several problems, most notably in the agricultural field.

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In the same context, Sisi reiterated his country's keenness to engage in the African track to solve the Renaissance Dam crisis, during his speech yesterday, Saturday, at the 34th session of the African Union Summit, held in Addis Ababa.

He stressed that reaching an agreement in this context will only be possible with the political will of all parties, explaining that Egypt is seeking to reach a binding legal agreement on filling and operating the Renaissance Dam, before the implementation of the second phase of the process of filling the Renaissance Dam, taking into account the interests and concerns of the three countries.

Al-Sisi's televised statements and in front of the African summit come amid stalled negotiations on the Renaissance Dam between Cairo, Khartoum and Addis Ababa.

In the context of Arab support for the position of Egypt and Sudan in the file of the Renaissance Dam, Nayef Al-Hajraf, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, confirmed the Gulf Cooperation Council's support for Egypt's position on the issue of the Renaissance Dam, during a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.

Stumbled and pronouncements

In this regard, Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas said - yesterday, Saturday - that his country believes that any unilateral filling of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir in July will pose a direct threat to the Sudanese national security.

The minister explained in an interview with Reuters that Sudan proposes to "expand the umbrella in negotiations (between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia) to include, with the African Union, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations, and the role of these four institutions should be transformed from observers to mediators."

On the other hand, the Ethiopian Minister of Irrigation held Silesi Bagli, Egypt and Sudan, the responsibility for not yet reaching an agreement on the Renaissance Dam, and said in a press conference that negotiations had failed due to Cairo and Khartoum taking a path that disrupts that file, according to his description.

And last week, the Ethiopian minister said that the Renaissance Dam negotiations between the three countries have not yet reached the mediation stage, stressing that the African Union facilitates the matter as it is only a platform, and does not interfere in the content of the negotiations.

In his interview with the "Today's Meeting" program in Al-Jazeera Mubasher (3/2/2021), Bakli indicated that Ethiopia constantly calls for the continuation of negotiations, but Sudan has suspended it 7 times within 7 months, due to its demand for a greater role for experts.

He explained that Ethiopia does not oppose this, but Egypt rejects and demands the continuation and preservation of what has been worked on, and therefore Ethiopia has not obstructed the efforts of the African Union, but rather calls for the continuation of negotiations in good faith.

Since Addis Ababa announced the start of filling the dam reservoir, and Egyptian fears have escalated about their water security and the future of their country, and some of them called for the need to think about a military solution to prevent the completion of the construction of the dam, before this option also becomes impossible in the future, due to the effects of the collapse of the dam on Khartoum and Cairo.

But the Egyptian President ruled out the military option at the time, stressing the continuation of negotiations, peaceful solutions, and African and international mediation.

Egyptians blame Sisi for signing the principles agreement in 2015, which Addis Ababa has taken as a legitimate means to finance the construction of the dam from international banks and institutions, and is currently relying on it to reject the Egyptian demands.

Ethiopia began filling the reservoir behind the dam after the summer rains last year, despite the demands of Egypt and Sudan that a binding agreement should be reached first on filling the reservoir and operating the dam.

Egypt considers the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam a major threat to its freshwater resources, more than 90% of which comes from the Nile River.

Ethiopia is building a hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, near its border with Sudan, and says the dam is important for the development of its economy.

The Blue Nile flows north to Sudan and then Egypt, knowing that it is the main tributary of the Nile.

After Sisi affirmed his confidence in the negotiations ...


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