for more let's bring in william davidson he's a c m list for the. international crisis group he joins us now from. mr davis and what is the main the sticking point at the moment. well there isn't one sticking point but there is a sort of her category of legal issues which are proving hard to overcome and that also related to outstanding disagreements over some hydrological issues and to give an idea of what i'm referring to there as mentioned in your report there is a debate over how to manage droughts how to rene sums than would operate in the event of a drought so how much water will be released from the girth reservoir during certain categories of drought and then there are a number of legal disputes notably on the issue of arbitration so if there is a future dispute will there be 3rd party arbitration and to resolve it ethiopia rejects that that egypt and sudan insist on it and then a major issue which really connects to all the others is if there are any future developments upstream of the on the blue nile how will that be factored into any goo