{"id":562951,"date":"2021-06-13T03:52:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T03:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/06\/13\/egypt-takes-the-gerd-dispute-to-the-security-council-again\/"},"modified":"2021-06-13T03:52:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T03:52:10","slug":"egypt-takes-the-gerd-dispute-to-the-security-council-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/06\/13\/egypt-takes-the-gerd-dispute-to-the-security-council-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt takes the GERD dispute to the Security Council (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-06\"><\/a> <strong>Egypt has appealed to the UN Security Council for the second time<\/strong> to step in and help prevent Ethiopia from continuing to fill the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) next month, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MFAEgypt\/posts\/111083614534827\">said<\/a> yesterday. In a letter handed to the council by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Egypt reiterated that Ethiopia\u2019s \u201cintransigence\u201d is preventing the countries from reaching a binding agreement and said the government \u201ctotally rejects\u201d Addis Ababa\u2019s intentions to unilaterally resume filling the dam\u2019s reservoir over the next two months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This isn\u2019t the first time Egypt has resorted to the UN<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/53c90b92-ed0e-4376-bb5c-e1768a3b447d\">last year launching an unsuccessful bid<\/a> to get the council to vote on a resolution that would have put pressure on the three countries to reach an agreement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But what can the council do?<\/strong> If the GERD issue is brought to the Security Council, the 15-member UN committee can issue a resolution that is considered binding, but is not tantamount to international law. The resolution would have to get backing from at least nine members, and not be vetoed by one of the five permanent members \u2014 the US, UK, France, China, and Russia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Saudis are talking to both sides: <\/strong>President Abdel Fattah El Sisi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlsisiOfficial\/status\/1403386576705576964\">held talks with Saudi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlsisiOfficial\/status\/1403386576705576964\">Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman<\/a> in Sharm El Sheikh over the weekend at the same time<\/p>\n<p>that Saudi Minister of State for African Affairs Ahmed Abdul Aziz Kattan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spa.gov.sa\/2239884\">was in Addis Ababa<\/a> talking with Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IN OTHER DIPLO NEWS-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turkey and Egypt are giving conflicting signals about whether they will soon <\/strong><strong>reappoint ambassadors. <\/strong>Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at the weekend that the two countries will soon exchange ambassadors for the first time since 2013, something an Egyptian diplomatic source denied, claiming that talks to normalize bilateral relations still haven\u2019t led anywhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alarabiya.net\/arab-and-world\/2021\/06\/11\/%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7\">Al Arabiya<\/a> reports. Egypt and Turkey concluded their <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a0d38d0e-5721-425a-af1b-fc0d65a3bfba\">first direct talks<\/a> in years in May without a breakthrough, but Turkey has invited an Egyptian delegation to Ankara to continue negotiations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Egyptian Red Crescent and the International Organization for Migration <\/strong><strong>dispatched 60 tonnes of medical and food to Gaza on Thursday<\/strong>, the cabinet said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/153401223496973\">a statement<\/a>. The convoy includes medical equipment, food, and covid-19 preventive equipment. 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Norway and Tunisia have discussed bringing the GERD dispute to discussion at the UN Security Council in July, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday, without providing further details. 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