Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mohamed Abdel Aaty revealed the latest developments regarding the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
In a symposium titled "Egypt's Water Future ... Opportunities and Challenges", organized by the Canadian-Egyptian Business Council, Abdel Aaty said that Egypt has a clear desire to complete the negotiations while adhering to its own principles in preserving its water rights and achieving benefit for all in any agreement on the GERD.
The Egyptian Minister also affirmed Egypt's keenness to reach a fair and binding legal agreement that meets the aspirations of all countries in development.
The minister added that GERD and its impact on the Nile River water is considered one of the major challenges facing Egypt nowadays, especially in light of the unilateral measures taken by the Ethiopian side with regard to the filling and operation of the dam.
Moreover, Abdel Aty stressed that Egypt would never accept the repercussions of these unilateral acts.
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asserted, on Wednesday, during a press conference with Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye that the Nile River is an “existential issue” for all Egyptians.
The President reaffirmed the need to reach as soon as possible a binding legal agreement that regulates the filling and operation of the dam, away from any unilateral approach that seeks to impose a fait accompli and ignore the basic rights of peoples.
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