Renaissance Dam: Sudan in agreement "on all points" with Ethiopia

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as he gets off the plane in Khartoum, greeted by the strongman of the Sudanese regime, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on January 26, 2023. AFP - -

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited Khartoum yesterday for a day.

It was the first visit by the head of government to his neighbor since August 2020.

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Sunglasses, all smiles in the photos, Abiy Ahmed had every reason to be thrilled with this visit to Sudan.

Its host, General Al Burhan, said the two countries "

".

Blessed bread for Addis Ababa because on this thorny question, Khartoum has always had a median position, sometimes close to Ethiopia, sometimes to Egypt, very opposed to this giant infrastructure built in Ethiopia whose neighbors fear a loss of their water resources. 

Like Cairo, Khartoum has repeatedly opposed the filling of reservoirs decided by Ethiopia without an agreement with its two neighbors.

But Sudan also knows that the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa can benefit it, by regulating the floods it experiences each year, and by generating electricity.

On this issue, Egypt therefore appears weakened by this sequence.

Other sticking points were discussed.

In particular that of the Fashaga triangle, a fertile agricultural border zone, the scene of clashes between Ethiopians and Sudanese.

On this, General Al-Burhan declared: “

”, thus displaying his will for conciliation.

Exchange of good practices.

Admittedly, Abiy Ahmed has met opponents, while Sudan is still in the midst of a political crisis.

But the Ethiopian Prime Minister returned the elevator to the military by praising " 

 ", adding that the Sudanese must " 

 ".

In short, he won't interfere.

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• Sudan

• Ethiopia

• Abiy Ahmed

• Abdel Fattah al-Burhan