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

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