Egypt and Sudan look to the UN in the long-running GERD dispute

Source: Middle East Institute

Author(s): Mirette F. Mabrouk

Original Link: https://www.mei.edu/blog/monday-briefing-us-airstrikes-iraqi-militias-and-risk-escalatory-spiral#mabrouk

With the second unilateral filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) underway, on June 25, Egypt’s minister of foreign affairs, Sameh Shoukry, announced that the country had sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council, supporting Sudan’s request to hold an emergency session. Both countries hope that the session will result in a U.N. resolution guaranteeing their rights. 

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