CAIRO – 10 July 2020: Negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on the filling and operation the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) continued on Friday for the eighth day in a row. Technical and legal teams from the three countries held two separate meetings, in an attempt to reconcile viewpoints over the dam's points of disagreement on both tracks. On its part, the Ethiopian side proposed that points of contention to be considered later by the technical committee that will be forged after reaching an agreement. He added that negotiations will be resumed on Monday, noting that the contention points basically on the legal and technical sides. Sebaei said that, main while Ethiopia still insisting on its demands and position of the technical and legal parts of the agreement, ‘this reduces the chances of reaching an agreement,’ noting that these technical and legal parts considered as ‘the agreement’s backbone’ to Egypt.

Source: Egypt Today July 10, 2020 19:18 UTC