However, Egypt as often as it does, breached the agreement and went to Washington without letting Ethiopia and Sudan know of its intentions to involve the US. Since November 6, 2019, with a clearly stated and differed stance of Ethiopia, the four meetings went through. Ethiopia is accelerating the construction phase and is approaching to begin storing an initial volume of some 4.9 billion cubic meters of water soon. The expected level of the water volume to be stored at the dam will reach around 565 meters above sea level. However, the optimal water volume is around 625 meters or higher, as the height of the dam is 640 meters.

Source: Ethiopian News March 28, 2020 06:22 UTC