Politics and Diplomacy

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  • 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 ....

  • Nile River 'vital' for Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, cooperation is solution: Andersen

    Date: 2021-07-08 20:55:03 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:126 - ID:9052007

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme Inger Andersen said on Thursday that the Blue Nile constitutes a vital water resource for Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. In her speech at a UN Security Council ....

  • UNSC session on GERD starts - spokesman

    Date: 2021-07-08 20:42:31 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:120 - ID:9052006

    CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - "And flow, O Nile, freely … let your banks tell the meaning of struggle" was the opening phrase in Egypt's speech before the United Nations Security Council session, read out by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on ....

  • Tunisian president asserts support to Egyptian-Sudanese move at UNSC over Ethiopian dam

    Date: 2021-07-08 20:34:47 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:118 - ID:9051934

    CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied asserted on Thursday his country’s full support to preserving Egypt’s water security as an integral part of Arab national security, Presidency Spokesman Bassam Radi said. This came during a ....

  • UN envoy for Horn of Arica asserts necessity of reaching deal on dam filling, operation

    Date: 2021-07-08 20:18:31 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:115 - ID:9051988

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for the Horn of African Parfait Onanga-Anyanga asserted the necessity of settling disputes as regards the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) among the three parties; Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, in order ....

  • Foreign Ministry urges Egyptians in Jordan to adjust their residency status

    Date: 2021-07-08 20:15:39 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:114 - ID:9051859

    CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry has appealed to Egyptian expat workers in Jordan to swiftly adjust their residency status, to benefit from a Jordanian government’s decision allowing expatriates to settle their legal status from July 4 to ....

  • UNSC session on GERD kicks off at request from Egypt, Sudan

    Date: 2021-07-08 19:51:55 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:111 - ID:9051931

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - A UN Security Council (UNSC) session on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) kicked off here on Thursday at a request from Egypt and Sudan. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is attending the session. UN ....

  • Shoukry: Egypt, Sudan's call on UNSC in light of “existential threat” to their peoples from Ethiopia's dam 3 last Cairo

    Date: 2021-07-08 19:19:38 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:107 - ID:9051821

    Stressing that Egypt is 95% desert, and that 60% of Egyptians depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, Shoukry said there must be legally binding rules governing the filling of the reservoir and guaranteeing “as an insurance that during drought, ....

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