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08:40 pm
Monday 04 January 2021
Agencies:
Sudan’s Irrigation Ministry said in a statement Monday night that based on the results of the tripartite ministerial meeting between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia on the filling and operation of the Renaissance dam that took place on Sunday, Sudan submitted a request to hold a bilateral meeting with African Union experts and observers on the evening of the same day.
The Sudanese Ministry continued in a statement on its Twitter account that Sudan had not received a response to its request, and instead Sudan received an invitation to continue direct tripartite negotiation, prompting Sudan to reserve its participation in the meeting of the Monday, confirming its firm position on the need to give a role to the Union experts. African; Facilitate negotiation and provide points of view between the three parties.
The Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources affirmed its adherence to the negotiation process under the auspices of the African Union in applying the principle of African solutions to African problems, provided that experts play a more effective role in facilitating the negotiations.
Sudan had announced its refusal to participate in the meeting scheduled for today on the Renaissance Dam file, on the pretext that it had received an invitation to continue direct tripartite negotiations instead of a bilateral meeting with experts from the African Union, as reported “Sky News Arabia”.
For their part, the Ethiopian authorities announced the end of the meeting that was scheduled with Egypt and Sudan, due to Khartoum’s absence from the meeting.