Monday 08/Sep/2025 – 11:56 PM
In an Ethiopian provocation, the director of the Renaissance Dam project said that Egypt and Sudan should have participated in carrying half the cost of building the dam, due to their benefit from it.
Engineer Kevly Horo, director of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, said in a television interview that the project achieves many benefits not only for Ethiopia, but also for the countries of the estuary, especially Sudan and Egypt, claiming that Sudan will benefit from the flow of regular water, low floods, filling tanks and agriculture opportunities throughout the year.
Ethiopia is preparing to open the Renaissance Dam on Tuesday
He also claimed that Egypt will benefit that the Al -Sadd site in Ethiopia reduces evaporation compared to Egypt’s tank in the plains, which may provide an additional 4 billion cubic meters of water annually, as he claimed.
The Ethiopian official considered that, given these alleged advantages, Sudan should have covered at least 30% and Egypt 20% of the cost, adding that instead of cooperation, the two countries opposed the project.
Ethiopia refuses to cooperate with Egypt and Sudan in the dam project and sign a binding legal agreement that preserves the rights of all parties and allows development and exploitation of resources without harming any party.
Ethiopia is preparing to open the Renaissance Dam on September 9, after its construction process.
