ADDIS ABABA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Water ministers of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on Tuesday commenced trilateral ministerial discussion in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on the filling of Ethiopia's grand dam. The Ethiopian Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) - 74,000 million cubic meters hydroelectric dam under construction on the Blue Nile River that originates from Ethiopia and shared amongADDIS ABABA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Water ministers of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt on Tuesday commenced trilateral ministerial discussion in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on the filling of Ethiopia's grand dam. The Ethiopian Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) - 74,000 million cubic meters hydroelectric dam under construction on the Blue Nile River that originates from Ethiopia and shared among the three countries - has been at the center of recent discussions among Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. Sudan's new Water, Irrigation and Electricity Minister Kedir Kesem Al Seid also stressed the potentials of the summit to uplift the three countries ties, with due emphasis given to Ethiopia's grand dam. While Ethiopia and Sudan reached mutual consensus on the construction of the 6,450 MW hydro dam, Egypt frequently expressed its concern that the dam would affect its share of the river.

Source: Ethiopian News September 25, 2018 16:41 UTC