CAIRO – 23 November 2020: Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok stated that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) directly affects his country asserting that it must not be operated until an agreement is reached, as reported by Al Arabiyah. The Sudanese Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources had earlier declared it would not take part in the ministerial meeting held on GERD on November 21. This came as the water resources ministers of the three countries met on Wednesday to find an ideal framework for GERD talks, under the auspices of the African Union. Those two meetings have required the three countries to reach a binding legal agreement on filling and operating the massive dam. Three years later, a series of tripartite talks between the two countries along with Sudan began to reach an agreement, while Ethiopia continued the dam construction.

Source: Egypt Today November 23, 2020 10:30 UTC