Egypt and Sudan renew the adherence to the 1959 agreement and the protection of their water rights

held today, Wednesday, September 3, 2025 AD, in Cairo, the work of the second round of the 2+2 consultative meetings of the foreign ministers and irrigation in the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Sudan, with the participation of the ministers and delegations from both sides, where the talks took place in a friendly and positive atmosphere that was characterized by joint understanding and determination from both sides to open areas that are welcome to cooperation between the two brotherly countries that are interconnected by the ties of brotherhood, history and geography The eternal Nile River. Common to preserving the entire water rights and uses of the two countries, according to the legal system of the Nile River within the framework of the principle of the common interests society and equality in rights, according to international law and the 1959 agreement concluded between the two countries, and coordinating and matching complete positions in various regional and international forums, especially those related to the water rights of the two countries. As an integral part, and reaffirmed their complete rejection of any unilateral moves in the East Nile Basin that would harm their water interests, and they emphasized the promotion of consultation and coordination and their continued joint endeavor to work with the countries of the Nile Basin initiative to restore compatibility and restore the Nile Basin initiative to its consensual bases on which it is based, and preserved as the comprehensive cooperation mechanism that includes all the pelvic countries, and represents the pillar of the water cooperation that The benefit is achieved for all the countries of the Nile River basin. The dam, and those related to the safety of the dam, and the non -disciplined water drains and the confrontation of drought, and Ethiopia must be modified from its policy in the Eastern Nile Basin to restore cooperation between the basin countries, as the two sides stressed that the issue of the Ethiopian dam remains a problem between the three countries (Egypt – Sudan – Ethiopia) and the two countries rejected any efforts to involve the rest of the basin countries in this controversial issue. ” And to ensure the regularity and support of the authority’s work and logistical to be able to perform its tasks as desired, and work to hold the next meeting of the authority during the month of October on the sidelines of the Cairo International Water Week. The official mutual visits at various levels. Reconstruction. The bilateral in various fields. Prosecuting Reconstruction.
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