In a press statement on Friday, Abbas criticised Ethiopia’s plans to continue filling the dam without prior notification and agreements. He warned of the consequences to the nearby Roseires dam, just across the border in Sudan’s northern Blue Nile state. The bilateral talks are supposed to “identify points of agreement and disagreement between the three countries,” said the Minister. On January 3, Sudan filed a request to arrange a bilateral meeting with the African Union experts before the tripartite ministerial meeting tomorrow, January 10. ControversyIn April 2011, Ethiopia began building the dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, about 15 to 40 km east of the border with Sudan.

Source: Ethiopian News January 09, 2021 09:56 UTC