Egypt needs to agree Renaissance Dam dealDr. Abdellatif El-MenawyShort Url https://arab.news/5vb3bSudanese foreign minister Asma Mohamed Abdalla and her delegation leave the US Treasury Department after negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. (Reuters)There are just hours left until the results of the latest crucial round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project, which are taking place between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in Washington, are announced. Meanwhile, Ethiopian Water Minister Seleshi Bekele said there wasn’t an agreement because Egypt had suggested extending the period of filling the GERD’s reservoir to 21 years, when it prefers six. In 2009, Egypt was delivered the feasibility studies of the Ethiopian dams. An Egyptian team reviewed the studies on these dams and found that they disregarded the dams’ potential negative impacts on Egypt.

Source: Ethiopian News January 14, 2020 14:20 UTC