Ethiopia Asks UN to Urge Egypt, Sudan to Resume Nile Dam Talks
The Blue Nile river passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, near Guba, Ethiopia in 2019.
Photographer: Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images
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Ethiopia told the United Nations Security Council that Egypt and Sudan aren’t negotiating in good faith and asked members to urge the governments to return to talks on a controversial Nile dam, Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry said.
In an April 16 letter, Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen said the Security Council had supported the African Union-led talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam but Egypt and Sudan were “scuttling” talks about the dam’s filling and operations, and “internationalizing” the issue to increase pressure on Ethiopia.