The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said that the current round of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations held in Kinshasa, the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo on April 4-5 did not achieve any progress nor did it lead to an agreement on re-launching the negotiations. Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia resumed on Saturday negotiations in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa on the filling and operating of the GERD after a two-month halt. Egypt on January 10 said that the recent sessions of GERD negotiations have failed once again due to differences on how to resume talks and of the procedural aspects related to managing the negotiation process. The three parties have held several rounds of negotiations over the past decade, but have ultimately failed to reach an agreement. The construction of the dam, which began in 2011, is considered to be one of Egypt’s most serious water issues.

Source: Egypt Independent April 06, 2021 14:26 UTC