Latest in Tag: GERD Highlight
Latest in Tag: GERD

Egypt’s Al-Sisi reiterates need for binding legal agreement for GERD
Egyptian President comments during his meeting with his Senegalese counterpart Macky Sall in Paris

Egypt holds fast to Nile water rights, reaching legally binding deal on GERD: Al-Sisi
Egyptian, French leaders discuss regional issues, including Palestinian cause, in Paris meeting

Washington calls for resumption of GERD talks
Feltman affirms commitment to work with international partners to reach solution to regional issues

Expatriate Egyptian youth can support home country on GERD issue: Emigration Minister
Expatriate youth can influence their societies to assert Egypt’s rights to River Nile water, says Nabila Makram

African Union chair meets Egypt’s Al-Sisi within regional tour to stimulate GERD talks
Sudan’s Al-Burhan meets with US envoy Jeffrey Feltman who said agreement on Ethiopian dam must be reached

Egypt, US discuss developments of GERD talks
GERD talks were unsuccessful due to Ethiopia’s intransigence, its rejection of all technical proposals put forward by Egypt, international mediators

Arab Parliament calls for Ethiopian response to ongoing efforts on GERD crisis
Ethiopia has to seize international, regional, and Arab momentum that strongly supports GERD negotiations to reach final settlement of crisis, says Al-Asoumi

Egypt faces several water challenges, foremost from GERD: Water Resources Minister
Minister Abdel Atty reviews Egypt’s plan to deal with water crisis in international forum

Egypt’s Pope Tawadros II prays for diplomatic resolution to GERD crisis
‘We call for participation, cooperation, and development, so that we all work as brothers of the eternal Nile River,’ says Pope Tawadros II

Ethiopia praises AU-led talks on GERD after harsh statement by Sudan
Khartoum affirms that Ethiopian efforts to disavow international agreements, treaties are irresponsible

Egypt, Canada hold intensive meetings on GERD issue
Discussions aim to inform Canadian parliamentary members of Egypt’s position on Ethiopia’s Blue Nile dam

Ethiopia rejects international mediation in GERD deadlock, historic treaties on Nile waters
Both Egypt, Sudan announce their intention to resort to UN Security Council to resolve GERD disagreement

GERD discord continues following repeated failure of negotiations
Ethiopia previously denies second GERD filling poses any potential damage to two downstream countries, rather protects Sudan from flood risks

Egypt’s Shoukry, Tunisian President discuss regional developments, GERD updates
Ambassador Ahmed Hafez, the official spokesperson for the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that the message dealt with the latest developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) talks and Egypt’s position in this regard.

Egypt, Niger, Senegal discuss latest GERD developments
Egyptian Foreign Minister concludes his African tour by visiting Tunisia

Ethiopian policy on GERD is leading to troubled region: Pundits
All options are open, President Al-Sisi’s warnings are clear, says Hany Raslan

Ethiopia suggests AU Assembly Bureau meeting to break GERD deadlock
Egypt officially announces failure of latest round of negotiations on Ethiopian dam, resorts to UN Security Council

Egypt, South Africa discuss latest GERD developments
It comes as part of Shoukry’s ongoing tour of several African countries, delivering messages from Egyptian President Al-Sisi

Egypt shows flexibility in decade-long GERD talks hoping for fair deal: Water Ministry
Addis Ababa calls on UN Security Council to urge Egypt and Sudan to return to negotiations on dam filling, operation

Egypt explains its position on GERD to African leaders
Shoukry carries messages from President Al-Sisi to leaders of 6 African countries on GERD developments

We will resort to international community after all GERD negotiations finish: Egypt FM
There is daily review of Nile Dam crisis, as water is a matter of existence for Egypt, Sameh Shoukry added

Sudan invites Egypt, Ethiopia to closed meeting on GERD
Regrettable that 10 years of negotiations have elapsed without reaching agreement, says Sudan’s Abdullah Hamdouk

Opinion| The issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Egypt supports development in Ethiopia without harming the interests of neighbouring countries, and that any shortage in its share of the River Nile water will lead to destabilisation and security issues in the whole Middle East and Africa region.

Egypt will not allow internal water crisis due to Ethiopian dam: Water Minister
Expected harm due to Ethiopian dam would occur at time of drought, says Abdel Atty

Egypt rejects Ethiopian invitation to exchange data on second GERD filling
Egypt has rejected an Ethiopian invitation to form a tripartite group of representatives from Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia to exchange data on the second filling of the disputed Ethiopian dam. In a statement on Saturday, Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said that the Ethiopian proposal violates the outcomes of the African summits in this …

Ethiopia invites Egypt, Sudan to nominate operators in data exchange on GERD’s 2nd filling
Move comes as part of Ethiopia’s continued policy to impose fait accompli, limit negotiations to 2nd filling only, says Egyptian former minister

President Al-Sisi asserts justice of Egypt’s water cause
‘We respect desire of other countries to achieve development, provided that it does not affect Egypt’s share of water, says Al-Sisi

Opinion|The Nile is a red line
I mean here his statement about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations, when he said, “We do not threaten anyone, but no one can take a drop of water from Egypt. Otherwise, the region will witness a state of instability that no one could imagine. And whoever wants to test us, let him please.”

No breakthrough in Ethiopia’s dam talks, Egypt blames Addis Ababa for failure
Egypt participates in Kinshasa meetings with good faith, but Ethiopia has no political will to end crisis: Egyptian FM Shoukry

Kinshasa meetings are final opportunity for GERD agreement: FM Shoukry
Shoukry also said that that Egypt had negotiated over a decade with the aim of reaching a fair, balanced, and legally binding agreement on filling and operating the controversial dam.