In video: Sudanese expert uncovers surprise about GERD

Ahmed al-Mufti, a former member of Sudan delegation to the Nile water negotiations uncovered on Sunday a surprising fact about the land, on which the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was built.

In televised statements to al-Arabiya TV channel, al-Mufti said that this land belongs to Sudan.

Sudan granted this land to Ethiopia in 1902, but on the condition that Addis Ababa should not build any water facilities on the Nile without Khartoum’s approval, he continued.

 

Moreover, the Sudanese expert pointed out that his country may demand the restoration of this land.

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Earlier, Sudanese Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Yasser Abbas said that any unilateral step to fill Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam in July would pose a direct threat to its national security.

 

Both Egypt and Sudan objected to the unilateral decision last July when Ethiopia declared that it completed the first filling of the dam without returning back to both countries or reaching a final legal binding agreement on the filling and operating of the dam.

Sudan has been vocal that GERD is a direct threat to the Roseiers Dam.

Sudan has pulled off the latest round of talks after being ‘surprised’ that the AU has called to resume tripartite negotiations ignoring its demands of holding bilateral meetings between the experts and each of the three countries separately to discuss and identify points of difference.