Egypt has recently renewed its call for the resumption of negotiations with Ethiopia over its controversial dam it is building on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile River, as talks have been stalled for more than a year and a half.
During his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting Sept. 20, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed the need to resume the tripartite negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as soon as possible, with the aim to reach a legal and binding agreement on filling and operating the dam in a way that would serve the interests of all parties involved and preserve Egypt’s rights to the Nile water.
