Egypt to Security Council: Ethiopian dam an ‘existential threat’
Foreign minister says potential disruptions from dam could be like a "malignant plague" for Egypt.
Shoukry: "This is a situation that Egypt cannot, and will not, tolerate"
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry didn’t mince words in making his case Thursday to the UN Security Council that the dispute with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
"Egypt — a nation of over 100 million souls — is facing an existential threat," Shoukry told the council. "A grand structure of mammoth proportions has been constructed across the artery that bequeaths life to the people of Egypt.”
Egypt depends on the Nile River for more than 90% of its water. The dam has the potential to disrupt the supply of water to Egypt and Sudan, which have sought a mediated solution, with international guidance and supervision, to help manage and guarantee the flow of water to their countries.
