Ethiopia’s accusations against Egypt, Sudan dispel hopes for Renaissance Dam crisis
Egypt considers recent statements made by Ethiopian officials a setback for Nile Dam talks.
The positive signals exchanged between Egypt and Ethiopia in January did not help to overcome the two countries' existing differences let alone move toward resuming the stalled negotiations on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Ethiopian officials lashed out at both Egypt and Sudan, accusing the two countries once again of supporting the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which has been fighting the Ethiopian central government forces in the north of the country for more than a year now.
Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Redwan Hussein said on Feb. 10 in a TV interview with Al Arabiya TV that “Egypt and Sudan are obtaining intelligence as well as Ethiopian public statements from the Tigray rebels.”
“There are foreign hands and Western interests seeking to tamper with the country’s security. … This has been clear to us through the GERD issue,” he added.
