Khartoum: Talks between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over a controversial Nile dam hit a new "deadlock" in Khartoum, Cairo said, blaming the Ethiopian side for the stalemate. Ethiopia began constructing the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile in 2012, but the project turned controversial with Egypt insisting that the gigantic dam would severely reduce its water supplies. "The negotiations on the Renaissance dam have reached a deadlock," Egypt's irrigation ministry said in a statement after a new round of talks ended in the Sudanese capital. The Blue Nile takes its source in Ethiopia and converges with the White Nile in Khartoum to form the Nile which runs through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. "The allegation that talks ended in a deadlock is completely false," Ethiopian Minister for Water and Energy, Selishi Bekele, told reporters.

Source: Ethiopian News October 06, 2019 04:18 UTC