StefaniyaThis week, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt have failed again to reach an agreement on the key issues for the scheduled negotiations. All three sides are still disputing on different aspects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported. Despite the presence of each country’s irrigation minister, there was no positive dynamic on GERD key issues. Meantime, Egypt and Sudan have separately announced the tripartite meeting saw incompatibility on the methodology for completing negotiations. In its turn, Ethiopia says the 6,000-MWt dam is key to its development and hopes to become Africa’s biggest electricity exporter with the GERD, which is set to be the continent’s largest dam.

Source: Ethiopian News November 06, 2020 11:26 UTC