A. Ahmed marked a strategic point during this unexpected visit to Sudan. His host, General Al Burhan, said the two countries were “ agree on all points concerning the Renaissance dam “. Blessed bread for Addis Ababa because on this thorny question, Khartoum has always had a median position, sometimes close to Ethiopia, sometimes to Egypt, very opposed to this giant infrastructure built in Ethiopia whose neighbors fear a loss of their water resources.
Like Cairo, Khartoum has repeatedly opposed the filling of reservoirs decided by Ethiopia without an agreement with its two neighbours. But Sudan also knows that the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa can benefit it, by regulating the floods it experiences each year, and by generating electricity. On this issue, Egypt therefore appears weakened by this sequence.
Other sticking points were discussed. In particular that of the Fashaga triangle, a fertile agricultural border zone, the scene of clashes between Ethiopians and Sudanese. On this, General Al-Burhan said that “ documents, technical mechanisms and dialogue are the main references of this problem », thus displaying his will to reconcile.
Admittedly, A. Ahmed has met opponents, while Sudan is still in the midst of a political crisis. But the Ethiopian Prime Minister returned the favor to the military, boasting ” the Addis Ababa principle of non-interventionism adding that the Sudanese should finding local solutions ».