{"id":1113,"date":"2020-12-27T19:52:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T19:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ethiopia\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2020-12-27T19:56:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T19:56:38","slug":"egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam","title":{"rendered":"Egypt reiterates its interest in binding deal over Nile dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>.Africa-Press Ethiopia<\/p>\n<p>President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated Egypt&#8217;s interest in reaching a binding deal agreement on filling and operating the GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) over the Blue Nile, the Egypt Today monthly magazine highlighted today.<\/p>\n<p>During a phone talk with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, the Egyptian president stressed his country hopes to reach a binding agreement, with clear rules regarding how fast the GERD must be filled and his operation.<\/p>\n<p>Nile\u00b4s water is an existential issue for our nation, El-Sisi told Cyril Ramaphosa, also president of the African Union (AU), which sponsored the last rounds of tripartite talks (including Sudan).<\/p>\n<p>Egypt fears that the impementation of the mega-project will limit the flow of the river, which is is insufficient to satisfy over 101 million inhabitants\u00b4 demands.<\/p>\n<p>After nine years of controversy and unsuccessful talks, the AU once again called the three parties to meet and talk, working sessions that took place virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>ef\/pll\/ga\/ap<\/p>\n<p>Egipto reitera inter\u00e9s en pacto vinculante sobre presa en Nilo<\/p>\n<p>El Cairo, 27 dic (Prensa Latina) El presidente Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiter\u00f3 el inter\u00e9s de Egipto en conseguir un trato vinculante sobre el llenado y operaci\u00f3n de la gran presa construida por Etiop\u00eda en el Nilo Azul, destac\u00f3 hoy Egypt Today.<\/p>\n<p>Durante una conversaci\u00f3n telef\u00f3nica con su par sudafricano, Cyril Ramaphosa, el mandatario egipcio subray\u00f3 que su pa\u00eds aspira a alcanzar un acuerdo sujeto a obligatoriedad, con reglas claras en cuanto a la velocidad a la que deber\u00e1 llenarse el embalse detr\u00e1s de la represa y su r\u00e9gimen de funcionamiento, ampli\u00f3 el portal digital.<\/p>\n<p>El agua de El Nilo es una cuesti\u00f3n existencial para nuestra naci\u00f3n, insisti\u00f3 El-Sisi en su di\u00e1logo con el tambi\u00e9n presidente de la Uni\u00f3n Africana (UA), que auspici\u00f3 las \u00faltimas rondas de conversaciones tripartitas (incluye a Sud\u00e1n).<\/p>\n<p>Egipto teme que la puesta en marcha de la megaobra limite el flujo del r\u00edo, insuficiente ya para satisfacer las demandas de sus m\u00e1s de 101 millones de habitantes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.Africa-Press Ethiopia President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated Egypt&#8217;s interest in reaching a binding deal agreement on filling and operating the GERD (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) over the Blue Nile, the Egypt Today monthly magazine highlighted today. During a phone talk with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, the Egyptian president stressed his country hopes to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[241],"class_list":["post-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Egypt reiterates its interest in binding deal over Nile dam - Ethiopia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa-Press EthiopiaPresident Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated Egypt&#039;s interest in reaching a binding deal agreement on filling\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egypt reiterates its interest in binding deal over Nile dam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press EthiopiaPresident Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated Egypt&#039;s interest in reaching a binding deal agreement on filling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ethiopia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-27T19:52:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-27T19:56:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/r-presa-nilo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"748\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"498\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Egypt reiterates its interest in binding deal over Nile dam\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-27T19:52:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-27T19:56:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam\"},\"wordCount\":360,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/r-presa-nilo.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa-Press Ethiopia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam\",\"name\":\"Egypt reiterates its interest in binding deal over Nile dam - Ethiopia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/r-presa-nilo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-27T19:52:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-27T19:56:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Africa-Press EthiopiaPresident Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated Egypt's interest in reaching a binding deal agreement on filling\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/r-presa-nilo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/r-presa-nilo.jpg\",\"width\":748,\"height\":498},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Egypt reiterates its interest in binding deal over Nile dam\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/\",\"name\":\"Ethiopia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Egypt reiterates its interest in binding deal over Nile dam - Ethiopia","description":"Africa-Press EthiopiaPresident Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated Egypt's interest in reaching a binding deal agreement on filling","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Egypt reiterates its interest in binding deal over Nile dam","og_description":"Africa-Press EthiopiaPresident Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated Egypt's interest in reaching a binding deal agreement on filling","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam","og_site_name":"Ethiopia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2020-12-27T19:52:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-12-27T19:56:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":748,"height":498,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/r-presa-nilo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Egypt reiterates its interest in binding deal over Nile dam","datePublished":"2020-12-27T19:52:31+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-27T19:56:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam"},"wordCount":360,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/r-presa-nilo.jpg","keywords":["Africa-Press Ethiopia"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam","name":"Egypt reiterates its interest in binding deal over Nile dam - Ethiopia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/r-presa-nilo.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-27T19:52:31+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-27T19:56:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Africa-Press EthiopiaPresident Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated Egypt's interest in reaching a binding deal agreement on filling","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/r-presa-nilo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2020\/12\/r-presa-nilo.jpg","width":748,"height":498},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/egypt-reiterates-its-interest-in-binding-deal-over-nile-dam#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Egypt reiterates its interest in binding deal over Nile dam"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/","name":"Ethiopia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}