The negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will resume in a way that differs from the previous rounds

On Sunday, negotiations to fill and operate the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will resume between the ministers of water affairs in Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia, as agreed upon in the joint meeting of the foreign and water ministers in their meeting last Tuesday, October 27th, chaired by Mrs. J. Bandura, Minister of International Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Chair of the current session of the African Union. .

The three countries agreed to hold a follow-up meeting to be called by Sudan as soon as possible to submit a report to the presidency of the African Union within one week on ways to make tangible progress in the stalled negotiations since the end of last August, according to the Sudan News Agency (SUNA).

During this one-week round, the three countries will work to develop a clear and detailed agenda, a tight timetable and specific for the path of negotiation, and a clear list of the outputs that must be reached in a way that can be used by observers and experts in a manner different from the previous rounds.

The head of the Sudanese negotiating delegation, Saleh Hamad, explained that Sudan had expressed its refusal at the previous meeting to continue negotiations with the same approach that led to a dead end in the past rounds.

Hamad added that Sudan has submitted several proposals to give a greater role for experts and observers in the negotiation process to bring the views of the three countries closer.

Last February, tripartite negotiations took place between Cairo, Khartoum and Addis Ababa, in Washington, at the conclusion of which Egypt signed in initials a tripartite agreement regarding the rules for filling the dam, while Ethiopia abstained from signing.

Addis Ababa insists on filling the dam to generate electricity, even if it does not reach an agreement with Cairo and Khartoum, while Egypt fears a possible negative impact of the dam on the flow of its annual share of the Nile River water amounting to 55.5 billion cubic meters.

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