CAIRO — Since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s July 15 remarks in which he told Egyptians not to worry about any threat posed by the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), tension and anger at Ethiopia’s unilateral move to fill the GERD without prior agreement with Egypt has subsided in traditional and social media.
Speaking at a conference launching the Haya Karima (Decent Life) project for the development of Egypt’s countryside, Sisi had said, “Everything will be alright. We have good plans, and there is no need to worry. … Egypt has never sought to threaten or meddle in other countries’ affairs.”