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Tunisia Expresses Support to Egypt in Reaching Agreement on GERD

A general view of the Blue Nile river as it passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on Dec. 26, 2019. (AFP)
A general view of the Blue Nile river as it passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on Dec. 26, 2019. (AFP)
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Tunisia Expresses Support to Egypt in Reaching Agreement on GERD

A general view of the Blue Nile river as it passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on Dec. 26, 2019. (AFP)
A general view of the Blue Nile river as it passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on Dec. 26, 2019. (AFP)

Tunisia has expressed its support to Egypt in reaching an agreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Tunisian Ambassador to Cairo Mohamed ben Youssef said the dam is a matter of national security to Egypt and Sudan.

The last round of talks in April between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan over the dam ended with no progress. They failed to reach an agreement regulating the filling and operation of the dam, which Addis Ababa built on the main tributary of the Nile to generate electric power, prompting Egypt and Sudan to urge the United Nations Security Council to tackle the crisis.

In televised statements, ben Youssef said his country’s stance on the GERD stems from its duty towards its major sisterly country Egypt.

He stressed that Tunisia hopes to reach a legally binding agreement that takes into account the rights of the three concerned countries.

Egypt and Sudan have been negotiating with Ethiopia for almost 10 years to conclude a legal agreement.

Earlier this year, the Ethiopian government announced the completion of the second filling of the GERD reservoir.

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Ex-Tunisian Minister Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

Former Environment Minister Riadh Mouakher (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Former Environment Minister Riadh Mouakher (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Ex-Tunisian Minister Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

Former Environment Minister Riadh Mouakher (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Former Environment Minister Riadh Mouakher (Asharq Al-Awsat)

The Criminal Chamber specialized in financial corruption cases at the Court of First Instance of Tunis, sentenced on Friday former Environment Minister Riadh Mouakher to three years in prison, the Tunisian official news agency, TAP, reported.
The ruling is part of a corruption case related to breaches in a transaction carried out by the former minister for the purchase of several vehicles.
Investigation showed that the tender conditions were allegedly manipulated in favor of one particulate supplier.
In addition to Mouakher, the Chamber condemned a civil protection executive, seconded to the Environment Ministry, to two years in prison.
The two defendants are found guilty of abusing their functions to obtain an undue advantage, and therefore causing harm to the administration and contravening the regulations in force.
On Thursday, the Criminal Chamber specialized in corruption cases at the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced a security officer to three years in prison and four others to four years in prison on charges of abusing their functions to obtain an undue advantage and harm others.
The five security officers had formed a group for the purpose of attacking property and exploiting a public employee.
According to documents related to the case, surveillance activities revealed that the five defendants, who work at a central department, were involved in seizing private funds, giving night jobs to some department agents, and transferring the profits to their personal accounts.
Their case was first examined by the Financial Chamber, which decided to sentence the five security guards to prison.
The case was later referred to the Criminal Chamber that examines financial corruption cases. The chamber had earlier kept the five defendants at liberty, before issuing late on Thursday the prison sentences.