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At a joint press conference with Museveni, Sissi vowed to take all measures to protect his country’s water security. Sisi’s remarks were likely about Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD). Cairo fears the dam will reduce the amount of water flowing to it. Addis Ababa has dismissed the assertion.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday held talks with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni in Cairo, in which the contentious topic of River Nile was discussed. At a joint press conference with Museveni, Sissi vowed to take all measures to protect his country’s water security. Sisi’s remarks were likely about Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD). Cairo fears the dam will reduce the amount of water flowing to it. Addis Ababa has dismissed the assertion.
A decade of negotiations between the downstream nations and Ethiopia has failed to produce an agreement. Ethiopia has accused Egypt and Sudan of seeking to curtail its development ambitions.
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Last year, a new Nile water sharing accord – the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) – backed by seven countries, took effect, drawing protests from Cairo and Khartoum. The Nile River has long been a focal point of geopolitical tension in eastern Africa, particularly between Egypt and Ethiopia.