Overview
- In a letter posted Friday, the president offered to restart talks between Egypt and Ethiopia with U.S. monitoring, fair and transparent negotiations, and drought‑year release protocols.
- He called the GERD dispute a top priority and urged solutions that avert any military confrontation in the region.
- Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi said he valued the offer and reiterated Cairo’s water‑security concerns, while Sudan’s Gen. Abdel‑Fattah al‑Burhan welcomed the initiative.
- Ethiopia did not immediately comment as it maintains the GERD is essential for development, with output expected to exceed 5,000 megawatts after last year’s inauguration.
- The push revives diplomacy that broke down in 2020 after Ethiopia withdrew from U.S.‑led talks, leaving disputes over binding operating rules, real‑time data sharing and possible surplus‑power arrangements unresolved.