{"id":562138,"date":"2021-05-09T03:57:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T03:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/05\/09\/everyone-everywhere-is-talking-gerd\/"},"modified":"2021-05-09T03:57:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T03:57:51","slug":"everyone-everywhere-is-talking-gerd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/05\/09\/everyone-everywhere-is-talking-gerd\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone, everywhere is talking GERD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-07\"><\/a> <strong>Ethiopia is currently aiming to reach an agreement with Egypt and Sudan on \u201cjust<\/strong> <strong>the second filling\u201d of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam<\/strong> (GERD) ahead of the upcoming rainy season in July or August, Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti told reporters at a press briefing Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ew40G1\">Sky News Arabia<\/a> reports. This would entail reaching an agreement within the next few weeks. Ethiopia <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/747ea262-0d68-4d05-9237-11c3c629f3c3\">had previously insisted<\/a> that it would unilaterally move ahead with the second filling of GERD\u2019s reservoir with or without a binding agreement, despite Egypt and Sudan\u2019s objections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethiopia still wants \u201c<\/strong><strong>African solutions to African problems,\u201d<\/strong> and is committed to reaching an agreement through African Union-brokered negotiations, Mufti said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MFAEthiopia\/posts\/4686484088045464\">statement<\/a>, adding that \u201cSudan and Egypt are unnecessarily internationalizing the matter\u201d by calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/3bdd7711-b2f5-43e2-a21d-402f55f77500\">mediation<\/a> by a quartet of international observers. The latest round of four-days talks between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia in Kinshasa last month once again <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/fed1a86a-7b61-41be-828c-d1a714e4de03\">reached a dead end<\/a> after the three countries were unable to agree on how to proceed with negotiations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The new US envoy also made a stop in Sudan for GERD talks:<\/strong> Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman was in Sudan on Friday as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/00b4d2f8-c2db-4f66-84e0-5105f8ca2a7f\">10-day regional<\/a> tour to resolve the GERD impasse, SUNA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suna-sd.net\/read?id=711676\">reports<\/a>. The two-day visit wrapped up yesterday. Feltman will visit Ethiopia this week, having held talks in <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/836f1928-b626-466b-bc5c-4b00d8c7ebcc\">Egypt<\/a> on Wednesday and Eritrea on Thursday. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sudan-middle-east-africa-ethiopia-e391ab1c1170ffdd9e9f6635fa595158\">The Associated Press<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSKBN2CP0E0\">Reuters<\/a> also have the story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The talking heads have diverging opinions on Feltman:<\/strong> US President Joe Biden appointing Feltman and the envoy\u2019s tour of the region seem to indicate that a US-brokered agreement is coming, El Hekaya\u2019s Amr Adib said (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7wpnMxHp14Y\">watch, runtime: 4:21<\/a>). Ala Mas\u2019ouleety\u2019s Ahmed Moussa, meanwhile, all but put on a MAGA hat to suggest that the Biden administration wants Ethiopia to go ahead with the second filling to \u201ctighten the noose\u201d around Egypt\u2019s neck. Moussa pointed to former President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/54f913b4-71e9-4854-9baa-0ded8209bf74\">statement<\/a> that Egypt could blow up the dam as an indicator that we only had backing from the previous administration (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=935919520572988\">watch, runtime: 3:04<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congo \u2014 in its capacity as AU chairman \u2014 is keen to resolve the GERD dispute<\/strong>, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said in a meeting with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in Cairo yesterday as part of a regional tour to restart negotiations, according to an Ittihadiya <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Egy.Pres.Spokesman\/posts\/1148088729043839\">statement<\/a>. Tshisekedi said he would concentrate his coordination efforts during the AU-sponsored negotiations in order to facilitate a \u201cfair and balanced\u201d agreement. Kelma Akhira\u2019s Lamees El Hadidi took note of the meeting (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PT_UuBoNyI8\">watch, runtime: 2:24<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Egypt\u2019s position has remained unchanged<\/strong>, with El Sisi reiterating that GERD is a matter of life or death for us and that Egypt remains committed to a political resolution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Congolese president also held meetings with head of the ruling sovereign council Abdel Fattah Burhan and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok<\/strong> in Khartoum yesterday, during which Sudan expressed concern that its power-generating capacity could be affected by the dam, according to Sudan\u2019s state news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suna-sd.net\/read?id=711771\">SUNA<\/a>. Sudan rejects any \u201cunilateral\u201d moves to fill the dam, said Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam Al Sadiq said in a press statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynewsarabia.com\/middle-east\/1435930-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%B3%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%94%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%A9\">Sky News Arabia<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia is currently aiming to reach an agreement with Egypt and Sudan on \u201cjust the second filling\u201d of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) ahead of the upcoming rainy season in July or August, Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti told reporters at a press briefing Saturday, Sky News Arabia reports. 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