Egypt tones down its threats to Ethiopia unless Sudan interests are harmed

Egypt tones down its threats to Ethiopia unless Sudan interests are harmed

Egypt's foreign minister said on Thursday that initial technical assessments show that his country would not be harmed by the second and much larger filling of a disputed hydroelectric dam being built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile.

Speaking before parliament's African Affairs Committee, Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry appeared to be hedging Cairo's likely reaction to Ethiopia's second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

His comments also seemed designed to check the dramatic rise of calls in the local media for Egypt to take military action after the latest round