Egypt weighing possibility of mini-African summit on Renaissance Dam crisis

Egypt weighing possibility of mini-African summit on Renaissance Dam crisis

Egypt weighing possibility of mini-African summit on Renaissance Dam crisis

Egypt weighing possibility of mini-African summit on Renaissance Dam crisis

Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam under construction on the River Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, September 26, 2019. (Reuters)

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Egypt weighing possibility of mini-African summit on Renaissance Dam crisis

11 days of negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan ended without agreement

Egypt likely to call on the UN Security Council to meet to discuss the dam

Updated 15 July 2020

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CAIRO: Egypt is considering whether to call a mini-summit of African nations to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, after 11 days of negotiations between the two countries and Sudan ended without agreement.

An official familiar with the negotiations said that Egypt is likely to call on the UN Security Council to meet to discuss the dam. He added that he expects France or Germany to ask council members to hold a session in the near future.

Egypt, which is downstream of the large dam on the Nile, is concerned that it will greatly reduce its water supply. Sudan has similar concerns. Ethiopia says it needs the dam to generate hydroelectric power.

Political expert Mahmoud Bassiouni said Ethiopia's announcement that it is starting to fill the dam