CAIRO - 16 January 2020: Spokesman for the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Mohamed Suleiman has said that Sudan will not allow Ethiopia to impose its policy regarding the renaissance dam. Suleiman's remarks came at a press conference on Friday evening, he added that Ethiopia is implementing its policy of filling the dam without any consultation and before reaching an agreement in this regard. In 2015, the three countries signed the Declaration of Principles, per which the downstream countries should not be negatively affected by the construction of the dam. In October 2019, Egypt blamed Addis Ababa for hindering a final agreement concerning a technical problem, calling for activating Article No. 10 of the Declaration of Principles, which stipulates that if the three countries could not find a solution to these disputes, they have to ask for mediation.

Source: Egypt Today January 16, 2021 10:30 UTC