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On the eve of an anticipated “decisive” meeting on the Renaissance dam crisis, Ethiopian President Sahlork Zodi stressed that her country is well prepared for the second filling, which Egypt and Sudan reject before signing a binding agreement.
He also considered that the development of the Blue Nile is a matter of existence and sovereignty, highlighting that “Ethiopia has not exploited the Blue Nile economically for many years, due to its limited capacities and regional and international conditions.”
These remarks came after the African Union invited the foreign ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to discuss the Renaissance dam crisis during a meeting to be held in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, on Saturday.
“All options are on the table.”
In turn, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry announced today that the negotiations will take place tomorrow, after the invitations made by the president of the African Union, adding that they will participate in them in good faith.
He also said in an article published today on the ministry’s official blog that the Ethiopian government not only hopes that the negotiations will progress, but also participates in good faith, in the hope that the dialogue will lead to a successful outcome.
President of Ethiopia
In response to recent statements by the Egyptian president, he considered that he was not wearing anything new, and stressed that Ethiopia would wait and see in conjunction with the preparation for all eventualities. “We ask everyone not to make mistakes and to remember that all options are on the table for Ethiopia as well,” he added.
Sisi threatens
As disputes over this thorny dossier continue, despite years of negotiations, amid Ethiopian intransigence and concern between Egypt and Sudan over the repercussions of filling without a deal, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued a threat during last Tuesday’s conference, saying: “You cannot harm Egypt’s right to the waters of the Nile, warning that touching it is a” red line “, and will have an impact on the stability of the entire region.
He also added in statements on the sidelines of a visit to the Suez Canal: “No one can take a drop of water from Egypt, and whoever wants to try, let it taste, and there will be a state of instability throughout the region.” , and no one is far from our ability. “
From Khartoum … a fishing boat on the River Nile (Archives – France Press)
He said that negotiation is the option that Egypt has initiated, in the hope of reaching a fair and binding legal agreement that will generate gains for all.
An existential problem for Egypt
The Nile River is the lifeblood of the 10 countries it runs through, providing them with water and electricity. Sudan and Egypt fear the dam will dry up their water resources.
While Egypt depends on the Nile River for about 97% of irrigation and drinking water, and the Renaissance Dam is a threat to life in it, while Ethiopia believes that the project is necessary to provide it with electricity and achieve development projects in he. And it demands what she calls a fair use of Nile water.
The River Nile from Khartoum (France Press)
In turn, Sudan has more than once expressed its concern that it will be affected by Ethiopia’s unilateral measures.
It is noteworthy that the White Nile and the Blue Nile meet in Khartoum before it crosses Egypt to flow into the Mediterranean Sea.
