Ethiopia expressed its readiness to resolve dispute about the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
On Thursday, Ethiopia confirmed its willingness to resolve differences with Egypt about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), after weeks of the failure of two parties to reach a deal on the operation and filling of the mega-dam.
Indeed, Ethiopian Ambassador to Cairo Markos Tekle made discussions, on Thursday, with Egypt’s Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Sherif Issa. He in fact clarified the Ethiopia’s longstanding position on the GERD negotiations and indicated that his country was ready to solve the lasting differences among the sides through talks. Whereas, Issa showed Egypt’s commitment to make discussions on GERD, in what the Ethiopian Embassy in Cairo said.
During the gathering, the two parties discussed the bilateral ties, and exchanged opinions about the application of initiatives intended to reinforce the historic relationship between Cairo and Addis Ababa.
It should indicate that last month, the African Union-sponsored talks couldn’t reach a fair and balanced agreement between Cairo, Addis Ababa and Khartoum about the operation and filling of the big dam.
On its part, Egypt has described GERD as an existential threat and it concerns about that it would decrease the country’s share of Nile waters. While, Ethiopia stated that the 145-meter tall dam would be a way of development and is vital to give the power requests of its population. Otherwise, Sudan concerns over the effects on its own dams, despite it benefits from access to cheap electricity.
Furthermore The Blue Nile that meets the White Nile in the Sudanese capital offers the great majority of the joint Nile’s flow via northern Sudan and Egypt to the Mediterranean.
