00:00Egypt and Sudan have welcomed a U.S. offer to restart talks with Ethiopia over the Nile River water dispute.
00:08President Trump said on Saturday he was ready to resume mediation to resolve the question of Nile water sharing once and for all.
00:17Earlier talks were abandoned in 2020.
00:20Addis Ababa inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in September.
00:25The $5 billion project is the largest in Africa and meant to double the country's electricity generation.
00:33But Cairo says the dam will drastically reduce the Nile's flow and could have severe effects on Egypt's agriculture and other sectors.
00:43Sudan wants assurance that replenishment of the dam's reservoir won't have unexpected impacts on its own dams.
00:50The dispute centers on how the dam is replenished, the amount of water Ethiopia will release downstream in case of drought, and how the three countries will settle future disputes.
