On Sunday, the Sudanese Ministry of Irrigation called on residents on both sides of the Blue Nile to take precautions due to an expected rise in the river water as a result of heavy rains on the Ethiopian plateau, while Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi affirmed Egypt’s keenness to defend its interests, while Israel denied its involvement in the Renaissance Dam file. .
A source at the Sudanese Ministry of Irrigation told Al Jazeera that the ministry had noticed an increase in the water level entering the Blue Nile, as a result of heavy rains in the Ethiopian plateau.
The source suggested that the increase was due to Ethiopia's inability as a result of technical problems to store water in the Renaissance Dam.
The ministry had said in a statement that this increase in the levels of the Blue Nile would be from the south and north of the Roseires Dam reservoir, to the city of Khartoum.
And on Saturday, Sudan announced that it had stored 1.6 billion cubic meters of water to secure levels in the Nile and the White Nile, in anticipation of the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Egypt and Sudan have exchanged accusations with Ethiopia of being responsible for the failure of negotiations on the dam sponsored by the African Union for months, as part of a negotiating process that began about 10 years ago.
China and Egypt
On the other hand, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi affirmed, during his meeting in Cairo with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Cairo's position on the signing of an agreement between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia regarding the filling and operation of the Renaissance Dam.
China is one of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, which held a session on the dam in early July, while media reports indicate Chinese investments in Addis Ababa and its controversial dam over a decade.
According to a statement by the Egyptian presidency, the Chinese Foreign Minister, who is currently visiting Cairo, conveyed to Sisi a verbal message from his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jingping.
The Chinese official expressed, "Beijing fully understands the utmost importance of the Nile River to Egypt, and then China continues its interest in finding a solution to this issue in a way that meets the interests of all parties," according to the same source.
In turn, Sisi affirmed Egypt's firm position to preserve its water security represented by its historical rights to the Nile waters, by reaching a binding legal agreement to fill and operate the dam that achieves the interests of all in a fair manner.
Israel denies
On Sunday evening, Israel denied its involvement in the escalating Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis, stressing that it "stands on one area" of the parties to the crisis.
This came in response to Egyptian voices accusing Israel of having a hand in the Renaissance Dam crisis by encouraging and helping Ethiopia to complete this project, to realize the old Tel Aviv dream of obtaining a share of the Nile water.
The Tel Aviv embassy in Cairo, whose country has relations with Egypt and Ethiopia, said in a statement that it "confirms in a clear and unequivocal way that what was reported recently about Israel's involvement in the issue of the Renaissance Dam is baseless and untrue."
"The Israeli government and people are concerned with the stability of Egypt and the safety of its citizens," the embassy added.
She explained that this was confirmed by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid during his meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on the sidelines of the European Union foreign ministers meeting recently.
The Israeli embassy in Egypt confirmed that Tel Aviv "stands at the same distance regarding the issue of the Renaissance Dam."
She stressed that Israel "has enough water to meet its needs, and is always ready to put its expertise and expand joint cooperation in the field of water technology with Egypt."
She expressed her hope that the negotiations would pass to achieve stability and prosperity for the peoples of the three countries.
accusing fingers
In statements this July, the Egyptian media and parliamentarian, Mustafa Bakri, said on Twitter that "the Renaissance Dam crisis is a political one that aims to deliver the waters of the Nile River to the Hebrew state."
In a statement a few days ago, the Egyptian parliamentarian, Dia El-Din Daoud, accused Israel of using Ethiopia to pressure Egypt to reach "Greater Israel from the Nile to the Euphrates."
Meanwhile, Mostafa El-Feki, the former Egyptian diplomat and head of the Alexandria Library, said on a televised program this month that Israel has an influence on the Renaissance Dam file;
Because it dreams of being one of the countries downstream of the Nile River since the era of the late President Mohamed Anwar Sadat, adding that Egypt should resort to it in the file of the dam to put pressure on Ethiopia.
Ethiopian insistence
Addis Ababa insists on implementing a second filling of the Renaissance Dam with water, this July and next August, even if it does not reach an agreement on filling and operating the dam it is building on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile.
While Egypt and Sudan adhere to reaching a binding tripartite agreement first, to preserve the integrity of their water facilities and to ensure the continued flow of their annual share of Nile water, which is 55.5 billion cubic meters and 18.5 billion, respectively.
On July 8, the UN Security Council concluded that it was necessary to re-negotiate the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam intensively, under the auspices of the African Union, to sign a binding legal agreement that meets the needs of the three countries.