CAIRO – 3 May 2021: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni pledged to contact the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abi Ahmed, as soon as possible, aiming at bringing all parties points of view closer on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [GERD] and to start another round of ‘serious negotiations’ on this issue. Sudan's Irrigation Minister Yasser Abbas said, Monday that Khartoum will bear great losses if Ethiopia insists on conducting the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam [GERD] without reaching an agreement. He affirmed that his country is still adhering to resolving the issue through negotiations to protect water security interests. Rounds of negotiations among Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the Ethiopian dam (GERD) have reached a deadlock several times with Egypt blaming the failure on Ethiopia’s intransigence. Ethiopia, however, says it will complete the dam filling in July with or without an agreement.

Source: Egypt Today May 03, 2021 10:44 UTC