President Abdel Fattah El Sisi participated Friday in virtual mini-summit grouping member states of the Bureau of the African Union Heads of State and Government to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) file, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa chaired the meeting that was also attended by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk