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Sudan’s Irrigation and Water Resources Minister, Yasir Abbas, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 reiterated the importance of reaching a tripartite binding agreement regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Abbas underscored the importance of reaching the agreement at a news conference in the capital, Khartoum. “Sudan will benefit from the GERD in terms of generating electricity ...

Ethiopian Ambassador to Russia, Alemayehu Tegenu, says Egypt and Sudan are politicising the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) construction on the Blue Nile. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Tegenu said in an interview with Sputnik that the two countries were trying to get other countries involved in their dispute over the dam just to solve their internal problems, ...

US President Joseph Biden has underscored the US’ interest in achieving a diplomatic resolution of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dan (GERD) that meets the legitimate needs of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. U.S. President Joe Biden A statement by the White House said President Biden was speaking in a telephone conversation on Monday, May 24, 2021 with Egyptian President Abdel ...

Egypt said it had begun dredging works for expanding the Suez Canal’s southern section to allow two-way traffic in the international man-made waterway. Suez Canal The country’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced this in a statement by its Chairman, Osama Rabie on Saturday, May 15, 2021. The dredging, according to the authority, is part of a project to develop the ...

Sudan has threatened to sue the Italian company implementing the Nile dam and the Ethiopian government if the second filling of the dam is conducted without a legal deal. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Sudanese Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Yasir Abbas issued the threat in a tweet. “In case the second filling is conducted without reaching a legal deal, Sudan ...

Sudan’s Irrigation and Water Resources Minister, Yasir Abbas, said the failure of the latest round of talks regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) had made all options open before Sudan. Sudan’s Irrigation and Water Resources Minister, Yasir Abbas Abbas, who said this at a news conference in Khartoum on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, added that the options included resorting ...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 that “all choices are open” in dealing with the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam “Don’t touch a drop of Egypt’s water,” Sisi said during the inauguration of an integrated complex for secure and smart documents in Cairo. He stressed all choices are open, but cooperation ...

Ethiopia’s unilateral actions over the filling and operation of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will have “massive negative repercussions,” Egypt’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel-Ati warned on Sunday, March 28, 2021. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Abdel-Ati gave the warning during his meeting in Cairo with the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Donald Booth and Marina ...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during a phone conversation on Friday, March 5, 2021. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Guterres, disclosed this in a statement. According to Dujarric, during the conversation, Shoukry voiced his concern over the stalled African Union (AU)-led negotiations ...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 with visiting Sudanese Foreign Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built on the Nile River. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam During the meeting, Sisi affirmed “Egypt’s firm position on the inevitability of reaching a binding legal agreement regarding filling and operating the dam,” stressing that the ...