Despite the refusal of Cairo and Khartoum. Ethiopian Prime Minister: The second mobilization of the Renaissance Dam will take place in July

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed recalled that the second mobilization of the Renaissance dam that his country is building will take place during the next rainy season in July and August, indicating that his country is not seeking to harm the two states of the estuary, Egypt and Sudan. .

Abiy Ahmed said in tweets on Twitter that the Renaissance Dam prevented massive flooding in Sudan last year, stressing that completing the filling of the dam during the rainy season would reduce the risk of flooding in Sudan. Read also “Catastrophic” scenarios and “defective” allies. 5 questions about the Renaissance dam crisis Who finances the Renaissance dam? … Find out about the most important companies and countries that are undertaking the process of funding and supporting Renaissance Dam .. Has the moment of truth come? The opposition calls for a national formation to face the Renaissance dam

He pointed out that the torrential rains that fell last year helped complete the first fill successfully, and revealed that before the second fill, his country would release more water stored last year in the side spaces. from the dam lake known as “Mafayd”. , and this information would be shared with Egypt and Sudan.

In his tweets, Abiy Ahmed attached a new video to the Renaissance Dam, showing the completion of the water flow and the water flowing through.

Information letter

On the Sudanese side, a source at the Sudanese foreign ministry told Al-Jazeera that Khartoum had sent a briefing letter to the UN Security Council regarding the complications of the Renaissance Dam negotiations, without providing more. details.

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok last week invited Egypt and Ethiopia to hold a tripartite summit to discuss the implications of the Renaissance Dam dossier.

Cairo and Khartoum accuse Addis Ababa of stubbornness in negotiations after what happened at the last Kinshasa meeting, as Ethiopia refused to put in place a new mechanism to save the negotiations from the failure as the date of the second mobilization of the Renaissance dam approaches.

For 10 years, the three countries have been conducting stalled negotiations, and the African Union has sponsored them for months. Publicity

On April 6, a round of negotiations in the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, ended without progress, and with mutual accusations of responsibility between Khartoum and Cairo on the one hand, and Addis Ababa on the other.

In July 2020, Ethiopia acknowledged having carried out the first one-time filling of the dam without reaching an agreement with downstream countries Egypt and Sudan, and is currently insisting on a second filling of the dam.

Variation of positions

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Demiky Mekonnen on Friday announced his country’s rejection of the internationalization of the Renaissance Dam issue, stressing that he would not give in to pressure to accept what he called ” colonial treaties ”on the Nile.

Mekonnen added that the whole issue will be resolved under the African Union-led process, “if Egypt and Sudan take a constructive approach,” as he said.

The Ethiopian official stressed that his country would not accept the unfair conditions under which Egypt and Sudan seek to preserve their water hegemony.

Ethiopia insists on a second filling of the Renaissance dam even if it fails to reach a tripartite agreement on the dam with Egypt and Sudan.

For their part, Cairo and Khartoum first adhere to a filling and operating agreement that preserves their water facilities, and ensures the continuous flow of their annual shares of Nile water amounting respectively to 55 , 5 billion cubic meters and 18.5 billion cubic meters.