Egypt, Sudan request Trump's help in resolving Nile River water dispute
Egypt and Sudan welcomed on Saturday President Donald Trump’s offer to resume U.S. mediation efforts with Ethiopia to resolve a long-running Nile River water dispute following Addis Ababa’s construction of a giant dam.
Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, last fall. It is Africa’s largest and is meant to produce more than 5,000 megawatts, doubling Ethiopia’s electricity generation capacity. Egypt sees the dam as a “grave violation of international law” that poses “an existential threat,” fearing a severe effect on Nile water flow.
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a social media post that he valued “President Trump’s attention to the central importance of the Nile River issue for Egypt,” adding that his country is committed to “serious and constructive cooperation with the Nile Basin countries, based on the principles of international law, in a manner that achieves shared interests without causing harm to any party.”
He said that Egypt supports the U.S. efforts to resolve the dispute with Ethiopia.
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