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Breakthrough for Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Talks

May 17, 2018
Construction activity on the Grand Renaissance dam in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz region, March 16, 2014. Photo credit: REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri.

Ahmed Abu Zeid, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has announced the success of the mediation meeting regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi hailing the “breakthrough.” Abu Zeid tweeted that the “mediation meeting regarding the Renaissance Dam ended successfully in Addis Ababa. Waiting for the ministers’ signatures on the meeting’s output document.” Al-Youm7 later published the document bearing the ministers’ signatures. It has been agreed that regular tripartite meetings will be conducted between the three countries’ ministers, and a tripartite fund will be established, named the “Tripartite Infrastructure Fund,” the details for which will be discussed at a high officials’ meeting in Cairo in July. In addition, Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia will jointly establish the “National Independent Scientific Research Study Group,” which aims to “discuss means of enhancing the levels of understanding and cooperation among the three countries with regard to the GERD.” Primarily, this will address the “equitable and reasonable utilization of shared water resources while taking all appropriate measures to prevent the causing of significant harm.” 15 countries will make up the study group, with meeting locations to be rotated between the the three founding…


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