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Prime Minister Abyei Ahmed’s office defended Ethiopia’s Great Renaissance Dam, which is supposed to become Africa’s largest hydroelectric power station, and said Ethiopia is working to resolve long-standing problems with the project with Sudan and Egypt. .
His office said in a statement: “However, the statements continue to threaten war to subject Ethiopia to many unjust conditions. These threats and insults to Ethiopian sovereignty are clear violations of international law.”
“Ethiopia will not be subjected to aggression of any kind,” the statement added.
A separate version of the statement was published in Amharic, in a higher tone.
“There are two facts confirmed by the world. The first is that no one lived in peace after provoking Ethiopia. The second is that if Ethiopians stick together with a purpose … they will prevail.”
Abyei’s office did not explicitly mention Trump, but his statement came the morning after the US President’s remarks on the Renaissance Dam dispute.
“It is a very dangerous situation because Egypt will not be able to live this way,” Trump told reporters this Friday from the White House during a ceremony held on the occasion that Israel and Sudan reached an agreement to normalize relations between them.
“They will end up blowing up the dam. I said it and I say it loud and clear: they are going to blow up this dam. They have to do something.”
Egypt relies on the Nile River for about 97 percent of its irrigation and drinking water, and considers the dam to be an existential threat.
On the other hand, Ethiopia believes that the dam is necessary to provide it with electricity and achieve development.
Washington’s attempt to negotiate a deal to resolve the dam problem earlier this year failed after Ethiopia accused the Trump administration of backing Egypt.
Currently, the African Union oversees the negotiations between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan.
The United States announced in early September that it would suspend some of its financial aid to Ethiopia following Addis Ababa’s unilateral decision to fill the Renaissance dam despite a lack of progress in negotiations with Egypt and Sudan.
