Cairo: The Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said the latest round of negotiations on the dispute involving the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile River concluded in Cairo with no “tangible results”. Stalled talks between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan had resumed on Sunday in the Egyptian capital over the long-running dispute regarding the GERD, reports Xinhua news agency. However, “tripartite talks did not witness any tangible change in the Ethiopian positions”, it added. Ethiopia started filling the dam in 2020 despite the opposition of Egypt and Sudan, which eventually led to the suspension of relevant tripartite negotiations in 2021. But Egypt and Sudan are worried that it might reduce their proportion of Nile water.

Source: Ethiopian News August 29, 2023 16:17 UTC