Foreign Minister Sameh Shoury headed on Sunday for New York within the framework of preparations for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the Ethiopia renaissance dam.

The UNSC meeting comes at a request from Egypt and Sudan.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said Shoukry will hold a series of intensive meetings with his counterparts, UN officials and permanent delegates to the UNSC.

Egypt seeks to reach a binding legal agreement on filling and operating the dam that takes into consideration the interests of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia.

Source: State Information Service Egypt