Ethiopia: Filling the Renaissance Dam is no longer a priority, we are ready for negotiations
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, has said that the issue of filling water in the Renaissance Dam is no longer a priority for his country which has stored enough water and that Egypt has not suffered any harm from the issue as it was rumored before.
Abiy Ahmed, who was addressing the Ethiopian Parliament yesterday, has emphasized that his government is ready for negotiations that will guarantee the interests of all parties. The Prime Minister of Ethiopia has said: "We will listen to our Egyptian brothers and exchange ideas with them, and we will respond to their concerns." He explained that although the source of the Blue Nile is in Ethiopia, but Addis Ababa has not politicized the issue, "instead, it is ready to share its resources with others, and the Nile still flows to our neighbors and will not stop". It should be noted that in December last year, the capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, witnessed the fourth and last meeting between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan regarding the Renaissance Dam being built by Ethiopia on the waters of the Nile River, which Cairo later announced in a statement Finally, the talks about the dam have hit rock bottom. Renaissance Pool The construction of the Renaissance Dam on the water of the Nile River in Ethiopia has raised a great water tension between the three countries since 2011 until now. Egypt and Sudan fear that the large dam, which cost 4.2 billion dollars, will significantly reduce the amount of Nile water they receive, and have repeatedly asked Addis Ababa to stop filling it until an agreement is reached.
