Egypt and Sudan urge Ethiopia to negotiate seriously over giant dam
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(Worthy News) – Sudan and Egypt agreed on Wednesday to coordinate efforts to push Ethiopia to negotiate “seriously” on an agreement on filling and operating a giant dam it is building on the Blue Nile, a joint statement said.
The two countries, which are downstream from the dam, issued the statement after African Union-sponsored talks remained deadlocked.
Ethiopia is pinning its hopes of economic development and power generation on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Egypt fears the dam will imperil its water supply and Sudan is concerned about the impact on its own water flows. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]
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