The Roseires Dam administration in Sudan revealed that the water supply from the Blue Nile continued to decrease by up to 50%, at a time when Ethiopia said it was preparing to face serious floods.
The dam administration warned that delaying the resumption of negotiations would jeopardize the Roseires dam.
Cairo had announced taking measures to address any possible water shortage.
In Addis Ababa, the High National Committee for Disaster Management in Ethiopia announced that about half a million people are at risk of flooding in a number of Ethiopian regions, including the Amhara region, where Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile.
The committee described the floods as dangerous.
victory for Sudan
In a related context, Sudanese Foreign Minister Maryam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi said that holding a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the Renaissance Dam crisis is a victory for Sudan, in that the council has recognized the existence of an issue worthy of discussion.
The minister expected that the council would issue, in the coming days, a resolution that would strengthen the meeting and address the issues that Sudan talked about.
She stressed that Sudan does not object to Ethiopia's right to exploit the Blue Nile resource, but rather calls for this to be within the framework of an agreement that enables Ethiopia to benefit from the Renaissance Dam, and spares Sudan its harms when filling and operating.
binding agreement
For his part, the Egyptian Minister of Irrigation, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, confirmed yesterday, Friday, that his country is keen to complete the negotiations on the Renaissance Dam "to reach a fair and binding legal agreement that meets the aspirations of everyone in development."
The Egyptian minister's comments came after President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said Thursday that his country had taken measures to confront any possible water shortage.
Abdel-Aty discussed with the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Michael Leconde, on Friday, the developments of the Renaissance Dam crisis, and said that Egypt and Sudan would not accept what he called "the unilateral decision to fill and operate the dam."
Abdel-Aty explained that Egypt and Sudan requested the participation of international parties led by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (in its capacity as the current chair of the African Union), such as the United States, the European Union and the United Nations, to support the negotiation methodology effectively, especially with the negotiations reaching a stage of stagnation as a result of what he described as "Ethiopian intransigence."
And on Thursday, the Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on an official visit of an unlimited period, to enhance joint cooperation in the areas of water management, according to official statements.