Sudanese Foreign Minister Maryam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi said that the Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra presented today, Saturday, an initiative to solve the crisis of the Renaissance Dam, including a tripartite summit, as part of his tour in the region, which led him to Addis Ababa and Khartoum, before arriving today in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials.
The Sudanese Foreign Minister affirmed that her country welcomes the initiative, which is in line with the Declaration of Principles signed between Cairo, Khartoum and Addis Ababa.
She added that her country is seeking to reach a diplomatic solution to the Renaissance Dam crisis, and stressed her country's position, which is the need for a binding legal agreement on the filling and operation of the dam.
In a related context, Lamamra met with the President of the Transitional Sovereign Council in Sudan, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and discussed with him bilateral relations and handed him a message from Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. He also expressed his readiness to contribute to finding peaceful solutions to crises in the region.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs also discussed with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok facing the multiple challenges that undermine peace and stability in the regions of the Horn of Africa and the Maghreb.
Nile River revenue
Meanwhile, the Sudanese Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources announced - today, Saturday - that the revenues of the Blue Nile River amounted to about 5 billion cubic meters during the month of July;
A decrease of more than two billion cubic meters compared to last year 2020.
She added that the revenues of the Atbara River - the last tributary of the Nile River and stemming from the Ethiopian plateau - this month amounted to 4 billion cubic meters.
Earlier, Ethiopia accused Egypt and Sudan - yesterday, Friday - of not recognizing that filling the Renaissance Dam did not harm them, while Sudan warned of an imminent flood of the Blue Nile, and Egypt also confirmed that the level of the High Dam lake would rise soon.
Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesman Dina Mufti said that Egypt and Sudan do not want to admit that the second filling of the Renaissance Dam did not harm them.
It is noteworthy that Ethiopia - on the fifth of July this year - notified the two countries downstream of the Nile River - Egypt and Sudan - to start the process of a second filling of the dam with water, without reaching a tripartite agreement, which Cairo and Khartoum rejected, as a unilateral measure.