Over the past three days, the 14th round of meetings of the Tripartite National Committee on studying the Renaissance Dam effects on the Nile watershare were held in Addis Ababa with a possible failure in negotiations looming. The current stage is where technical details on the method to be followed in conducting studies on the Dam are determined, said the sources. They agreed during the meetings on the mechanism and methodology of data exchange and verifying with the consultant, the sources added. The Ethiopian side was intransigent toward Egyptian options during the Tripartite Committee negotiations, especially on the period of filling the dam lake with Nile water, expected to minimize Egypt’s annual share of Nile water, Sudanese sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm. Ethiopia maintained an inflexible position as well toward the mechanism of running the dam, disregarding Egypt and Sudan’s needs of water, the sources added.

Source: Egypt Independent May 16, 2017 12:53 UTC