in addis ababa is yilma seleshi, professor of water resources and engineering at addis ababa universityhe's also an advisor to the ethiopian negotiating team. in cairo is sara kira, founder and director of the european north african senator for research. and in london is allam ahmed, president of the world association for sustainable development and director of the middle eastern knowledge economy institute. a warm welcome to you all and thanks so much for joining us today on "inside story." let me start with you today. before this latest round of talks, egypt and ethiopia had said that they want to finalize a deal within four months. so, what is different this time, and is there actual political willpower that would enable a deal to actually be reached? >> thank you very much for inviting me for this show. you know, the three countries are very brotherly and they are tied up with the nile river. every leader wants the issue to be solved in the shortest time as possible. so this is political will. but the reality is what we, the technical in the legal team are doing, on the ground. moha