The Sudanese Ministry of Irrigation announced that the foreign ministers of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia will hold a meeting Tuesday under the auspices of the African Union to discuss ways to resume negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam more than two months ago.

This meeting comes after US President Donald Trump's statement last week in which he said that Egypt could "explode" the Renaissance Dam, if no agreement was reached on it.

The Ministry of Irrigation said in a statement Monday, "The foreign and irrigation ministers of Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia will hold a meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, October 27, under the auspices of the African Union, to discuss ways to resume the tripartite negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam at the invitation of South Africa, the current chairperson of the African Union session."

Since last August, negotiations between the three countries have stalled over the dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, and raises concerns in Egypt and Sudan over their share of the Nile water. The negotiations were suspended due to disagreements over the mechanism for filling the dam.

Ethiopia started building the dam in 2011. It is expected to be the largest water-powered facility in Africa.

Since 2011, the three countries have been negotiating to reach an agreement on filling and operating the dam, but they have failed to reach an agreement.

Sudan affirmed its adherence to the tripartite negotiations under the auspices of the African Union "to reach a binding agreement on filling and operating the Renaissance Dam."

The statement added, "Sudan will participate in Tuesday's meeting to discuss negotiation methods different to those followed in the last round, by granting a bigger and more effective role for experts and observers."

The United States, the European Union, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, in addition to the African Union, have been participating in the negotiations since the beginning of this year with experts and observers.

Friday, Trump criticized Ethiopia. After announcing the agreement to normalize relations between the Israeli occupation and Sudan, he said, "It is a very dangerous situation, because Egypt will not be able to live in this way."

"They will end up blowing up the dam. I said it and said it loud and clear: They will blow up this dam. They have to do something," he added.

Saturday, Addis Ababa accused the US president of "inciting a war" against it.

Washington's attempt to broker a deal to solve the dam problem earlier this year failed after Ethiopia accused the Trump administration of backing Egypt.

The United States announced in September that it had suspended part of its financial aid to Ethiopia in response to Addis Ababa's decision to start filling the Renaissance Dam before reaching an agreement with Egypt and Sudan.