Have Egypt and Sudan proposed any new ways to resolve the conflict?
As far as I know, Egypt and Sudan have not proposed any new ways to resolve the conflict of interest. Rather, they are stuck to the colonial agreements. They insist on maintaining the colonial agreements as sacrosanct. This position of theirs has met consistent rejection by upstream countries individually as well as collectively. How are the previous agreements affecting the discussions between the riparian states of today? The previous agreements have negatively affected the negotiation process for a new agreement. The Nile basin nations have been engaged in the negotiations for a Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA). The negotiations for a CFA have been ongoing since 1999. It has passed through several phases of negotiations. Although a lot of initial differences have been hammered out in the process, the final stumbling block against finalising the negotiation has been the insistence of Egypt and Sudan to hold to the argument that water security of present and future use be maintai
