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President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday 12/26/2020 reiterated the foundations of Egypt’s firm stance on the imperative to formulate a binding legal agreement bringing together Cairo, Khartoum and Addis Ababa in the Ethiopian dam.
Such an agreement has to preserve Egypt’s water rights by defining the rules for filling and operating the dam, taking into account the importance of Nile water as an existential problem for Egypt and its people, President Sisi told his South African counterpart in his Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday. Presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement.
The talks reflected on developments on the Renaissance dam issue in the framework of relevant tripartite negotiations under the auspices of the South African-led African Union, he added.
Ramaphosa expressed his appreciation for Egypt’s efforts in the framework of the negotiation track aimed at solving the problem, and highlighted the continuation of intensive coordination between the two countries during the next period to reach a fair and balanced agreement, read in the statement.
The talks also touched on issues of bilateral cooperation, as the two presidents affirmed their aspiration to exploit the broad prospects of boosting brotherly relations between Egypt and South Africa at the bilateral, continental and international levels, he added.
