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Sisi Says Egypt Is Committed to Talks Over Ethiopia’s Nile Dam

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Guba in Ethiopia in 2019.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Guba in Ethiopia in 2019.Photographer: Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said his country is committed to talks to resolve an impasse over the filling and operation of Ethiopia’s mega-dam on the Nile’s main tributary.

“We are keen to reach a solution to the issue via negotiations,” Sisi said Tuesday in televised comments made at the opening of a new industrial city. He denounced suggestions in unspecified media about military action.