Sudan: Ethiopia's unilateral steps are a clear violation of international law

Egypt announces the failure of the "Kinshasa negotiations" to reach a consensus on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo speaks during the talks, which ended without progress.

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Egypt announced the failure of the round of negotiations - which was held in Kinshasa on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, on the fourth and fifth of this April - to reach consensus on the re-launch of negotiations, while Sudan announced that Ethiopia's unilateral steps regarding the Renaissance Dam are a clear violation of international law.

The spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Ahmed Hafez, said yesterday that the round of negotiations did not achieve progress and did not lead to an agreement on re-launching the negotiations, stressing that Ethiopia rejected the proposal submitted by Sudan, and Egypt supported it, to form an international quartet committee led by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. , Which presides over the African Union, to mediate between the three countries.

The spokesman added that Ethiopia also rejected, during the meeting, all other proposals and alternatives put forward by Egypt and supported by Sudan in order to develop the negotiation process to enable the countries and parties participating in the negotiations as observers to actively engage in the discussions, participate in the conduct of negotiations and put forward solutions to the controversial technical and legal issues.

He added that Ethiopia also rejected an Egyptian proposal that was presented during the closing session of the ministerial meeting and was supported by Sudan, with the aim of resuming negotiations under the leadership of the Congolese President, Felix Tshisekedi, and with the participation of observers according to the existing negotiating mechanism, adding that “this proves beyond any doubt the amount of flexibility and responsibility that it assumed. Egypt and Sudan, and confirms their serious desire to reach an agreement on the Renaissance Dam, but Ethiopia rejected this proposal, which led to the failure of the meeting to reach a consensus on the re-launch of negotiations ».

The spokesman added, "This position once again reveals the lack of political will in Ethiopia to negotiate in good faith, and its endeavor to procrastinate and procrastinate by being satisfied with a formal and useless negotiation mechanism, which is an unfortunate approach that the Egyptian negotiator is well aware of and is not deceived," he said.

Hafez affirmed that “Egypt participated in the negotiations that took place in Kinshasa in order to launch negotiations under the leadership of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a specific timetable, to reach a fair, balanced and legally binding agreement on the Renaissance Dam, but the Ethiopian side refused to return to negotiations, which is a position. "Obstructive and will complicate the Renaissance Dam crisis and increase congestion in the region."

The spokesman concluded his remarks by noting that the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, stressed during the meetings held in Kinshasa that Egypt appreciated the effort made by Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi in this path, and Egypt's readiness to assist and support him in his endeavors to find a solution to the issue of the Renaissance Dam. In a way that takes into account the interests of the three countries and enhances stability in the region.

The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Dr. Mohamed Abdel Aty, participated in the meetings held in Kinshasa to discuss the re-launch of the negotiations of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which had been stalled for several months, with the aim of reaching a fair, balanced and legally binding agreement on filling and operating the Renaissance Dam, including It achieves the common interests of the three countries participating in the Blue Nile, preserves the rights of Egypt and insures it from the dangers and damages of this huge dam.

In a press statement two days ago, Shoukry confirmed that Egypt had negotiated over 10 years with a sincere political will, in order to reach an agreement that would achieve its development goals for Ethiopia and at the same time preserve the rights and interests of the two downstream countries, and stressed the need for the Kinshasa meetings to lead to the launch of a new round of The negotiations are effective and serious and are attended by our international partners to ensure their success. These negotiations are a final opportunity that the three countries must seize, in order to reach an agreement on filling and operating the Renaissance Dam in the coming months, and before the next flood season.

Shoukry expressed Egypt's keenness for the success of these negotiations, and work to overcome all the points of contention that obstructed the previous rounds of negotiations, stressing that if the political will and good intentions of all parties were available, then we would be able to reach the desired agreement that will open broad horizons for cooperation and integration among the countries of the region. And its people.

For her part, the Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maryam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, said yesterday that Ethiopia's unilateral steps regarding the Renaissance Dam are a clear violation of international law, and the minister made the statements in Kinshasa after the two-day talks between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia ended without progress.

Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

"Ethiopia has rejected the proposal to form an international quadripartite committee to mediate between the three countries."

Cairo affirms that obstinacy and refusal to return to negotiations will complicate the crisis and increase tension in the region.

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