US State Department spokesman Ned Price said, Friday, that the states decided not to link the temporary suspension of some Ethiopian aid to US policy regarding the Renaissance Dam, which sparked a long-running dispute between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt.

To that, he added. Price told reporters that President Joe Biden’s administration will review the US policy on the dam and evaluate the role it can play to facilitate a solution between the three countries.

A bitter dispute between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the filling and operation of the dam continues. Even after starting to fill the dam reservoir in July.

The spokesman pointed out to Washington, “It continues to support the joint and constructive efforts of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to reach an agreement regarding the Renaissance Dam.”

Temporary suspension of aid

He also added that the temporary suspension of specific US foreign aid to Ethiopia affects $ 272 million related to the security and development sectors, pointing out that the resumption of aid will depend on a number of factors and that Washington informed Addis Ababa

The United States expressed its concern about the humanitarian crisis in the Ethiopian province of Tigray, where the central government declared victory See it against a rebellious regional government in a conflict that broke out in November.

An existential threat

And Ethiopia began filling the dam reservoir after the rains last summer, despite the demands of the Egypt and Sudan first reach a binding agreement regarding its operation.

Egypt sees the dam as a major threat to its supplies of fresh water, more than 90 percent of which comes from the Nile. Ethiopia says the dam is vital to its economic development.

Former US President Donald Trump had said that Ethiopia had violated a US-brokered agreement to resolve the conflict, which prompted him to cut financial aid. The United States blocked financial aid to Ethiopia in the amount of $ 100 million in September.

Ethiopia summoned the US ambassador in October to protest what it described as “incitement to war” with Egypt by Trump due to the dispute over the country. Filling and operating the dam.

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