Negotiations on Renaissance Dam hit dead end

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, Guy Pandor, expressed her "regret at the negotiations stalemated," and said that she would raise the matter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, head of the current session of the African Union, "to take the necessary move."

Sudanese Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Yasser Abbas, said that his country "demanded during the meeting to change the methodology of negotiation and to expand the role of experts to the extent that they could play a fundamental role in facilitating negotiations and bridging the dispute, especially after the constructive bilateral meetings with experts yesterday on the need to define a clear reference for the role of experts. "

He added, "We cannot continue in this vicious circle of discussions indefinitely, given the direct threat that the Renaissance Dam represents to the Rosiers Reservoir, whose storage capacity is less than 10% of the capacity of the Renaissance Dam, if the filling and operation are done without agreement and the daily exchange of data. "

Abbas pointed out that "Sudan lodged a strong protest to Ethiopia and the African Union, about a letter sent by the Ethiopian Minister of Irrigation to the Union, Egypt and Sudan on January 8, in which he affirmed his country's intention to continue filling for the second year next July, with a volume of 13.5 billion cubic meters, regardless of making an agreement or not. "

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