Saudi Arabia to hold summit on Ethiopian Dam crisis

Saudi Arabia to hold summit on Ethiopian Dam crisis

FILE - Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)







CAIRO – 18 February 2021: Saudi State Minister for African Affairs Ahmed al-Qatan stated Wednesday that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would call for holding a summit on the the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis in the suitable time within the framework of the Council of Arab-African States bordering Red Sea.

 

The council encompasses eight state members that are Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Eritrea, Sudan, Yemen, and Djibouti.

 

Qatan's statements were made to press after his meeting with Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah al-Hamdok in Khartoum.

 

As reported by Sky News Arabia, the Saudi official declared that his country works on ending in a way that guarantees the water rights of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia asserting support to the Arab water security.

 

In mid-July 2020, Ethiopian authorities unilaterally carried out the first phase of the filling process with 4.9 billion cubic meters;