The US State Department affirmed that negotiations on the Renaissance Dam between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt under the auspices of the African Union should be resumed “urgently.”
The US State Department said on Friday that the United States is committed to providing political and technical support. To facilitate a “successful outcome” in the Renaissance Dam negotiations.
It is noteworthy that the US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, was back from a tour in the region on Thursday, where he visited Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan, and Ethiopia.
Buying time
Egyptian sources had previously revealed to Al-Arabiya.net that Ethiopia submitted a new proposal to solve the Renaissance Dam crisis, which is to conduct tripartite negotiations related to the second filling only, especially with the approaching date of rain and floods, with the possibility of further negotiations during This year, to discuss the second matters and finally settle the file.
However, the sources indicated that the Ethiopian proposal aims to gain time, obtain official legitimacy for the second filling, and the stored quantities reach 18 billion cubic meters, thus making the dam a fait accompli. In front of my downstream country.
In addition, she added that the Egyptian response was conveyed by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and the US envoy, that his country will not accept compromising its water security and therefore a binding legal agreement must be reached that preserves Egypt’s water rights and spares the region from further tension and instability.
Filling two
It is mentioned that Addis Ababa announced in July of last year that it had achieved its annual goal of filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam “, Confirming the start of the second phase in July 2021 despite the failure to reach an agreement with Cairo and Khartoum.
While both Egypt and Sudan, the two countries of the mouth of the Nile, consider this dam a threat to their water resources and continue to warn Ethiopia Determined to continue the project, Addis Ababa believes, on the other hand, that the dam is vital to respond to the energy needs of its 110 million people.
The construction of the dam, located in the northwest of the country near the border with Sudan and on the Blue Nile, has begun. It will join the White Nile in the north in Khartoum to Egypt, in April 2011. If completed, the project will be the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa. A, with a production capacity of 6,500 MW.
