Addis Ababa confirmed that Egypt and Sudan did not suffer much damage after the second mobilization of the Renaissance Dam, and that a solution it described as "win-win" is within reach.

While Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi stressed his country's firm position to adhere to its historical rights to the Nile waters, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok stressed that his country would spare no effort to reach a binding legal agreement on filling and operating the dam.

The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said, in a tweet today, Wednesday, that Egypt and Sudan did not suffer much damage after the second mobilization of the Renaissance Dam, as Addis Ababa confirmed since the beginning of the tripartite negotiations, and added that reaching a win-win solution is within reach if the negotiations take place in good faith.


A member of the Ethiopian delegation to the Renaissance Dam negotiations, Yalma Seleshi, said that the second mobilization of the dam had removed the ambiguities raised by international parties, including the two downstream countries, regarding Ethiopia's inability to successfully mobilize the dam.

The Ethiopian official urged the peoples of Sudan and Egypt to accept the fact that the second mobilization of the dam did not cause any significant harm to their two countries, but rather it would bring many benefits to the downstream countries in particular, and the region in general, he said.

The controversy continued between the three countries after Addis Ababa announced yesterday, Monday, the completion of the second phase of the process of filling the Renaissance Dam, which it is building on the Blue Nile, despite the rejection of both Cairo and Khartoum.

Egypt and Sudan

For its part, the Sudanese Ministry of Irrigation said that it rejects unilateral measures by Ethiopia;

She stressed that it was not too late to reach an agreement on the dam crisis.

Meanwhile, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok said yesterday, Tuesday, that his country will spare no effort to reach a binding legal agreement on filling and operating the dam that preserves its national interests.

And he called to stay away from what he described as unilateral will.


For his part, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said, during a phone call with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, yesterday, Tuesday, that he affirms Egypt's firm position to adhere to its historical rights to the Nile waters, and to preserve Egypt's water security now and in the future, as he put it.

He also stressed the need for the international community to assume its responsibility to seriously advance the negotiation process and with real political will in order to reach a comprehensive, just and legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Renaissance Dam.

In turn, the British Prime Minister made clear his support for efforts to resume the negotiation process in order to reach a just solution to the crisis.

Abdel Fattah Fayed, the Egyptian affairs editor for Al Jazeera channel, said that the Egyptian administration is committed to resorting to intensive diplomatic solutions and moves regarding the Renaissance Dam, the latest of which was the phone call between the Egyptian President and the British Prime Minister, and the issue of the dam was a pivotal file in the talks between the two sides.

Fayed pointed out that the Egyptian President and his Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry also assured the Chinese Foreign Minister during his visit to Egypt that Cairo is counting on a Chinese role in advancing the Renaissance Dam negotiations, so that they will result in a binding legal agreement.