Hot take: Ethiopia s Nile dam can be symbol of regional cooperation .rather than cause of conflict
In an exclusive interview on Al-Monitor’s On the Middle East podcast today, Nureldin Satti, Sudan’s ambassador to the United States, discussed developments in Sudan, the Horn of Africa, US-Sudan relations and the Abraham Accords. Here are some highlights:
On border tensions with Ethiopia. “We have not occupied Ethiopian territory. … We have recovered our rightful rights to our borders, which have been recognized since the 19th century, Satti said, responding to a tweet from the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Sudan was the main actor in jeopardizing peace and security in the region by invading Ethiopian territories, plundering and displacing civilians, and beating war drums to occupy even more lands.