Egipto y Sudán aceptan la oferta de Trump para mediar en disputa por represa en el río Nilo – Chicago Tribune

By SAMY MAGDY

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Egypt and Sudan used Saturday’s welcome to Donald Trump’s offer to revive U.S. mediation efforts with Ethiopia to resolve a protracted Nilo River water dispute through the construction of a gigantic representation by the Addis side. Ababa.

Ethiopia inaugurated the Gran Represa del Renacimiento Etíope (GERD, por sus siglas in English), the pasado otoño. It is Africa’s largest and is designed to produce more than 5,000 megawatts, doubling the country’s power generation capacity. Egypt considers the infrastructure to be a “serious violation of international law” that poses “an existential threat,” meaning there are serious effects on the Nile caudal.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a social media post that he valued “President Trump’s attention to the critical importance of Egypt’s responsibility for the Nilo River.” Furthermore, he added that the country is committed to “serious and constructive cooperation with the countries of the Nile region, based on the principles of international law, so that interests are shared without causing damage to the parties.”

The mandate said Cairo would respond to Washington’s forces to resolve the dispute with Ethiopia.

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National authorities did not comment.

Trump posted on social media a charter he sent to El-Sissi saying that “I am on the list to strengthen US mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to responsibly resolve the issue of ‘Nile Water Sharing’ one day for all.”

Estadounian mediation began during the first Republican mandate, but fell apart in 2020, when Ethiopia withdrew from the negotiations, while some discussions continued after the African Union marco without it being left to an account.

Cairo and Jartum have a legally victorious act on the territory and operation of the GERD, located in Nilo Azul, near the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, while Addis Ababa insists on agreeing guidelines.

Egypt, a largely desert country, depends on the Nilo River for drinking water for its high population of 110 million. It turns out that the crackdown is significantly reducing the tail section of the river, which could have potentially serious consequences in your agriculture and other sectors. El-Sissi has said his country’s Nile water is “untraceable,” but he favors finding a negotiated solution to the dispute.

Sudan, for its part, wants to coordinate the operation and treatment of the GERD to avoid unexpected consequences in its reprisals.

Ethiopia says the $5,000 million infrastructure is essential because the vast majority of its population relies on electricity.

The dispute is now central regarding the annual filling of the press, the amount of water Ethiopia releases down the river if it has a prolonged continuation and the method the three countries use to resolve future debates.

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This story was translated into English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.