WASHINGTON - Delegations from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan continue to negotiate water usage issues relating to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam being built on the Nile River. “I must say we have made huge progress since then and it dealt mainly with how to fill the dam at the beginning and how to operate the dam,” he told VOA. “And in Sudan, we see the dam as a potential opportunity for regional cooperation.”Abbas said there are both positive and negative impacts of the dam for Sudan. “When we see what is presented from all three countries, the three countries’ expectations are different,” Fitsum told VOA Feb. 1, speaking in Amharic. “Egypt and Sudan are very close to completing the power grids,” he told VOA.

Source: Ethiopian News February 14, 2020 11:03 UTC