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  • Egypt facing 'existential threat' due to Ethiopia's GERD on Nile: FM tells UNSC 5 New York

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:45:39 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:142 - ID:9052113

    Egypt has engaged in a whole decade of negotiations on the GERD, the foreign minister said. "Since Ethiopia unilaterally commenced the construction of this dam – without fulfilling the duties incumbent upon it as an upstream state to notify and ....

  • Kenya recognizes legitimate concerns of Egypt, Sudan over GERD issue, says envoy

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:37:33 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:141 - ID:9052090

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - The Kenyan envoy to the UN said his country fully recognizes the legitimate concerns of Egypt and Sudan as regards the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue which has forced both countries to request a special ....

  • UK envoy urges UNSC not to take any measures to undermine talks on GERD

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:30:49 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:135 - ID:9052075

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - UK envoy to the UN Barbra Woodward has urged the UN Security Council not to take any measures that undermine the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Addressing the UNSC session on Thursday to ....

  • Russian representative says Moscow closely follows up GERD developments

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:30:12 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:140 - ID:9052092

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said that the Russian Federation is closely following up the GERD issue. Addressing a UN Security Council session to discuss the Grand Ethiopian ....

  • Egypt facing 'existential threat' due to Ethiopia's GERD on Nile: FM tells UNSC 4 New York

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:27:12 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:139 - ID:9052114

    Ethiopia’s approach and its continuous unilateral acts show its ignorance and disdain for the rules of international law as it does not pay attention to the Security Council, Shoukry said. “Ethiopia’s unilateral acts reveal its real policies that ....

  • Tunisia's delegate to UNSC stresses need to avoid harming rights, interests of Nile downstream countries

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:17:34 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:136 - ID:9052054

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - Tunisia's delegate to the United Nations Security Council Tariq al Adab stressed the urgent need for reaching a coordination and cooperation mechanism among the countries concerned with the issue of the Grand Ethiopian ....

  • Egypt facing 'existential threat' due to Ethiopia's GERD on Nile: FM tells UNSC 3 New York

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:03:23 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:134 - ID:9052088

    Several days after the Security Council's session last year, Ethiopia initiated the filling of the dam unilaterally, and its foreign minister arrogantly declared "the river became a lake... the Nile is ours", Shoukry said. “Egypt’s response ....

  • EU regrets Ethiopia’s declaration on GERD second filling without agreement

    Date: 2021-07-08 21:52:10 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:132 - ID:9052073

    CAIRO, July 8 (MEMA) - The European Union (EU) regrets that Ethiopia has announced the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), without reaching a prior agreement with downstream partners on this issue, EU Spokesperson for ....

  • Egypt facing 'existential threat' due to Ethiopia's GERD on Nile: FM tells UNSC 2 New York

    Date: 2021-07-08 21:47:10 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:131 - ID:9052089

    The foreign minister said Egypt has resorted to the UN Security Council on June 29, 2020 to warn the international community against this imminent danger in the offing. Egypt on 29 June, 2020 resorted to the Security Council, cautioning of the ....

  • Egypt facing 'existential threat' due to Ethiopia's GERD on Nile: FM tells UNSC

    Date: 2021-07-08 21:38:20 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:130 - ID:9052072

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) – Egypt’s foreign minister said on Thursday that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a threat to the life of Egyptians. "Egypt, a nation of a 100 million-plus population, is facing an existential threat posed by ....

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