Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-17 21:53:59|Editor: pengyingVideo Player CloseCAIRO, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian and Ethiopian foreign ministers discussed here on Wednesday the negotiations on Ethiopia's dam building on the shared Nile River, Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The talks between Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Ethiopian counterpart Workneh Gebeyehu came ahead of a joint meeting at the presidential level for the first time. "Convening the committee at the presidential level will be a positive message for the public opinion in both countries," Egyptian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said in the statement. Previous tripartite meetings of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the GERD were fruitless, as Ethiopia and Sudan expect massive benefits from the dam construction while Egypt sees it as a threat to its share of the Nile River water. Egypt is concerned about its annual share of 55.5 billion cubic meters of the Nile River water amid the reservoir's rapid construction.

Source: Ethiopian News January 17, 2018 14:03 UTC