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Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi shakes hands with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy
Ahmed after their meeting to discuss Sudan’s crisis and Ethiopian dam, at the
Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, July 13, 2023. (Reuters)
In
an urgent negotiation to finalize a trilateral agreement between Egypt,
Ethiopia, and Sudan on the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam(GERD) and the rules governing its operation, Ethiopian Prime Minister AbiyAhmed and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi agreed on Thursday, according
to a joint statement.
The
two leaders will take all necessary steps to complete the agreement in four
months, according to the statement.
Sudan's
two major neighbors, Egypt and Ethiopia, have been at strife recently over the
building of the massive hydroelectric project on the Blue Nile, not far from
the border with Sudan.
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