Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discussed on Saturday the situation in Libyan and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during a phone call with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa. According to the presidency spokesman Bassam Rady, the two leaders tackled the current developments in Libya and the joint African efforts to settle it within the framework of the Cairo Declaration initiative. The presidency spokesperson added that the call also witnessed an exchange of views on the developments in the GERD file and its related tripartite negotiations, which have been ongoing since Tuesday between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. South Africa, the US and the EU are attending as observers in the four-day tripartite GERD negotiations brokered by Sudan in the latest bid to seal a deal on the controversial dam. Ethiopia hopes the massive $4.8 billion megaproject on the Blue Nile will allow it to become Africa’s largest power exporter.

Source: Libya Today June 13, 2020 19:52 UTC