UPDATED: Egypt’s Sisi, Sudan’s Burhan stress commitment to GERD deal

UPDATED: Egypt’s Sisi, Sudan’s Burhan stress commitment to GERD deal

The visit comes as trilateral talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the disputed Ethiopian dam are due to resume later on Tuesday







Ahram Online

, Tuesday 27 Oct 2020







File Photo: Egypt's Sisi (R) meets with chairman of the Sovereign Council of Sudan Abdel-Fattah El-Burhan (L) in Cairo (Photo Courtesy of Presidency)













Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan stressed their countries' adherence to a binding deal over the filling and operation of the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

El-Sisi held a meeting with Al-Burhan who arrived earlier on Tuesday in Cairo for a one-day visit.

"The meeting saw discussions over the GERD, with a consensus reached over