Egypt's Sisi says Nile dam saga to 'drag on'

Cairo (AFP) July 28, 2020

Egypt's president said Tuesday that talks over Ethiopia's Nile dam would "drag on", but voiced hope for a negotiated settlement to the dispute. "We are negotiating and these negotiations will be a long battle," President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said. But, he added, "we will succeed, God willing." Sisi's comments, in a speech broadcast on state TV, came amid heightened tensions between E