Ethiopia Asks UN to Urge Egypt, Sudan to Resume Nile Dam Talks
Abdel Latif Wahba, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia told the United Nations Security Council that Egypt and Sudan arenât negotiating in good faith and asked members to urge the governments to return to talks on a controversial Nile dam, according to a post on Twitter by Ethiopiaâs Foreign Ministry.
In an April 16 letter, Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen said the Security Council had supported the African Union-led talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam but Egypt and Sudan were âscuttlingâ talks about the damâs filling and operations, and âinternationalizingâ the issue to increase pressure Ethiopia.