The President of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, announced that his country had presented an initiative to support African mediation and bring views closer to the Renaissance Dam, while the United Nations called for calm and the success of the negotiations.

Al-Burhan added in a press conference in Doha that the authorities in Khartoum want Sudan to return to the global map and to mobilize the necessary support for the Paris conference.

For his part, the Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdok, warned of what he called the great dangers that the dam poses to his country, compared to Ethiopia and Egypt if technical problems occurred.

Hamdok said in a television interview that in the event that a binding agreement on the filling and operation of the dam is not reached between the three parties, in accordance with international law, the dam will remain a source of great threat to Sudan.

Hamdok said that what is troubling about the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is its introduction into the complexities of domestic politics, which opens the way for a state of congestion.

He added, "We kept talking about the necessity of agreeing on a tight agreement within the framework of international law that would allow us as a country to receive information in an adequate manner and for periods, according to clear plans of what the Ethiopian side intends to do during the next 4 or 5 years."

Hamdok indicated that receiving information allows his country to draw up plans, address irrigation issues, and benefit from the dam.

Agreement with Uganda

On the other hand, Uganda signed a security agreement for exchanging military information with Egypt, in light of the escalating tension between Cairo and Addis Ababa over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

The Ugandan army said in a statement that the agreement was concluded between the Egyptian Intelligence Service and the Headquarters of Military Intelligence of the Ugandan Defense Forces.

For his part, Major General Sameh Saber Al-Degwi, who headed the Cairo delegation to the capital Kampala recently, said that Uganda and Egypt share the Nile River issue, and that cooperation between the two countries is inevitable, and stressed that what affects Ugandans in one way or another affects Egypt, according to the same statement.

On Wednesday, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, called on Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to take urgent and concrete measures to reduce tension over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

On Monday, a round of talks on the "Renaissance Dam" in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, ended without progress, according to statements by the Foreign Ministry of Egypt and Sudan, while Ethiopia accused the two countries of "obstructing" the negotiations.

Threats

The Sudanese Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Yasser Abbas, previously stated that all options are open for his country to deal with the dam crisis, including resorting to the UN Security Council.

"Yes, options are open to Sudan, including returning to the UN Security Council," Abbas said.

"We have precautions in several tracks, the first of which is technical," he added, referring to "a path of political escalation ... in accordance with international law" if Ethiopia continues filling the dam before reaching an agreement.

On Wednesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi sent a similar message to Ethiopia, and said, "We say to the brothers in Ethiopia it is better not to reach the stage of compromising a water point from Egypt because all options are open."

Al-Sisi warned of the consequences of confrontations with countries, without clarifying, stressing that "cooperation and agreement are much better than anything else."

He said, "God wanted the water to descend there (Ethiopia) and reach here (Egypt) ... and what our Lord has done will not be changed by mankind."

At the end of last month, the Egyptian President warned during a press conference against harming Egypt's water and said decisively, "We do not threaten anyone, but no one can take a drop of water from Egypt ... otherwise the region will witness a state of instability that no one can imagine."

Ethiopia's position

The Ethiopian Minister of Water and Irrigation, Seleshi Biqili, had announced that the second mobilization of the Renaissance Dam would take place as scheduled in next July.

He stressed that his country is committed to providing full information on the process.

Bigili added that his country adheres to the principle of equitable use of the Nile water, calling for the completion of negotiations.

Addis Ababa insists on a second filling of the dam next July, even if no agreement is reached, while Cairo and Khartoum adhere to first reaching a tripartite agreement that preserves their water facilities and ensures the continued flow of their annual share of the Nile water, which amounts to 55.5 billion cubic meters, And 18.5 billion cubic meters, respectively.

The Grand Renaissance Dam is expected to become the largest source of hydroelectric power in Africa, with an expected capacity of 6,500 megawatts.

Ethiopia says the hydroelectric power produced by the dam is necessary to meet the electricity needs of its 110 million people.