Egypt and Sudan have said that the Great Renaissance Dam built by Ethiopia on the Nile River, which is days away from being inaugurated, poses a permanent threat to the eastern Nile Basin countries.

At a time when Ethiopia has completed the construction of the dam and is preparing for its inauguration, the foreign affairs and irrigation ministers of the two countries met in Cairo and expressed their concern in a statement issued after the harvest.

In this meeting held in Cairo, the ministers of the two countries announced that the dam violates international law and poses a serious threat to the downstream countries.

The countries that opposed the separate action taken by Ethiopia to fill the dam with water have stated that their water security issue is one and inseparable.

Ethiopia's Water and Energy Minister Habtamu Itefa announced in an interview with BBC Africa a few days ago that Ethiopia is still ready to talk about the Renaissance Dam.

However, Egypt and Sudan want Ethiopia to sign a binding agreement based on the colonial era agreement regarding the water filling and continued operation of the dam, he said.