The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi mentioned he valued a suggestion by the US. President Donald Trump to mediate a dispute over Nile River waters with Ethiopia.
In a put up on X, Sisi mentioned on Saturday that he addressed Trump’s letter by affirming Egypt’s place and issues concerning the nation’s water safety in regard to Ethiopia’s disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
On Friday, Trump mentioned that he was able to restart the US. mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to resolve the dispute over the Ethiopian dam, which each Egypt and Sudan contemplate a severe risk to very important water provides.
Egypt has lengthy opposed the venture due to worries about its future provides of water from the Nile, on which it’s closely dependent. Sudan, one other downstream nation, has expressed concern concerning the regulation and security of its personal water provides and dams.
Sudan’s military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan additionally welcomed Trump’s mediation supply on Saturday.
Ethiopia, the continent’s second-most populous nation with greater than 120 million individuals, sees the $5 billion dam on a tributary of the Nile as central to its financial ambitions. It has repeatedly rejected Egypt’s claims.
Earlier, in July 2025, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has introduced the completion of a multi-billion-dollar mega-dam on the Blue Nile that has lengthy nervous neighboring nations.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), launched in 2011 with a $4-billion finances, is taken into account Africa’s largest hydroelectric venture stretching 1.8 kilometers (simply over one mile) broad and 145 meters (475 ft) excessive.
