During the meeting, the representatives of each nation present their final considerations, after 11-day talks called by the AU, in which they did not achieve the sought-after consensus regarding the filling and operation regime of the dam, the largest one on the continent.
Last week, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi reiterated his rejection of any unilateral measure and called for ending the path of dialogue in search of a binding and comprehensive agreement.
In a phone conversation, he thanked his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, for his good offices in seating the parties again on a negotiating table.
Cairo fears that the dam operation will limit the flow of the Nile river, which is insufficient to supply its growing population, exceeding 100 million inhabitants, and therefore requires rules to fill it, as well as some measures aimed at mitigating possible effects of severe and prolonged droughts.
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