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<\/a> El Sisi issues a sharp warning to Ethiopia on GERD:<\/strong> Threatening access to the Nile\u2019s water is a \u201cred line\u201d for Egypt, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi warned Ethiopia yesterday, as it plans to go ahead with the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in a few months\u2019 time. Speaking during a presser to mark the freeing of the Ever Given container ship, El Sisi said that Ethiopia will not be allowed to take \u201ca single drop\u201d of water from Egypt, and warned that further attempts to disrupt the Nile\u2019s flow will cause \u201cinconceivable instability\u201d in the region (watch, runtime 2:29<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The region\u2019s stability is \u201cdependent on Egypt\u2019s response to Ethiopia\u2019s intransigence\u201d on the issue<\/strong>, the president stressed, saying he\u2019s not making threats but is rather reiterating the importance of reaching a binding agreement.<\/p>\n

Addis Ababa <\/strong>reiterated in recent weeks<\/a><\/strong> that it will go ahead with the second phase of filling the GERD<\/strong> during the rainy season in July and August without an agreement with Egypt and Sudan. It also continued to oppose<\/a> Cairo and Khartoum\u2019s proposition to bring in the EU, US, UN, and African Union to help mediate an agreement.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not out of ammo, pundits say:<\/strong> Egypt hasn\u2019t been \u201cbacked into a corner\u201d and still has other options to resolve the impasse, political commentator Mostafa El Fekky told Yahduth fi Misr\u2019s Sherif Amer. El Fekky declined to say what these options could entail, but pointed out that Egypt has shown patience in the entire negotiating process and doesn\u2019t particularly want to resort to a military confrontation (watch, runtime: 5:19<\/a>). Meanwhile, we have the backing of much of the international community, in large part thanks to El Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry\u2019s ongoing campaigns to rally international support by meeting with international leaders over the past several months, former diplomat Hany Khalaf tells Al Mashhad\u2019s Amr Abdel Hamid (watch, runtime: 3:19<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Foreign press coverage:<\/strong> El Sisi\u2019s remarks were one of his \u201cstrongest\u201d in response to the issue, Bloomberg<\/a> and the Associated Press<\/a> said. Reuters<\/a> also took note of the story.<\/p>\n

The talking heads said much of the same<\/strong>, with Kelma Akhira\u2019s Lamees El Hadidi saying El Sisi\u2019s statement was \u201cthe most important\u201d one he has made on the matter to date (watch, runtime: 7:03<\/a>), while Ala Mas\u2019ouleety\u2019s Ahmed Moussa lauded the president for signaling to Ethiopia that Egypt doesn\u2019t respond well to threats (watch, runtime: 8:50<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El Sisi issues a sharp warning to Ethiopia on GERD: Threatening access to the Nile\u2019s water is a \u201cred line\u201d for Egypt, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi warned Ethiopia yesterday, as it plans to go ahead with the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in a few months\u2019 time. 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