Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan had been expected to sign an agreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) during talks mediated by the US and the World Bank in February but Ethiopia skipped the meeting and only Egypt initialled the deal. “US pressure on Ethiopia in the GERD tripartite talks negatively impacts the bilateral relations between the two countries,” said Dina Mufti, a spokesman for the Ethiopian foreign ministry, according to the Ethiopian Press Agency. “Not only do the US and World Bank’s acts hurt the bilateral relations, they also damage the ongoing trilateral talks,” he said. Addis Ababa announced last month it had achieved its first-year target for the filling of the dam’s reservoir due to the rainfall season. Ethiopia says the massive project, which it hopes will make it Africa’s largest power exporter, is key to its development efforts..Short link:

Source: Ethiopian News August 07, 2020 19:13 UTC