The current chairman of the African Union, President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo has controversially asserted that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) could obstruct irrigation and navigation in Sudan and Egypt.
His suggestion on twitter came on Saturday after a telephone conversation with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on the controversial dam being constructed on the Nile.
The controversial suggestion, which was deleted later on, had been posted on the official twitter account of the president’s office.
Egypt’s President al-Sisi early last month asserted his country’s keenness to strengthen relations and consolidate strategic cooperation with the DRC during Felix Tshisekedi’s first appearance at the Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo on February 2, 2021.
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