CAIRO — Relations between Egypt and Ethiopia are still tense over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), while the two countries, alongside Sudan, continue to engage in lengthy negotiations that began about a decade ago. The African Union (AU) has recently tried to act as a mediator, but the talks reached a deadlock Aug. 28.
Al-Monitor met with the new Ethiopian ambassador to Egypt, Markos Tekle Rike, for his first press interview since he submitted his credentials to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Sept. 23 to succeed Dina Mufti.