Deputy Director of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project Blacho Kasa confirmed that the third filling of the dam did not harm any country.

In a statement to Al Jazeera, Casa said that the dam contributes to achieving economic integration and joint development between Ethiopia and the downstream countries, Egypt and Sudan, as he put it.

Kasa's comments came after Addis Ababa announced the successful completion of the third mobilization process for the dam last week, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed once again called on Egypt and Sudan to dialogue and resume negotiations with the aim of achieving economic integration.

Abi Ahmed confirmed that the third filling was of 22 billion cubic meters of water.

Ethiopia continues to build and fill the dam unilaterally, while Egypt and Sudan adhere to first reaching a tripartite agreement on filling and operating the dam to ensure the continued flow of their annual share of the Nile waters, while Ethiopia asserts that it seeks to remedy its energy shortage crisis.

Egypt and Sudan have exchanged accusations with Ethiopia of being responsible for the failure of the dam negotiations, sponsored by the African Union for months, within a negotiating track that began about 10 years ago, due to differences over construction, operation and filling.

The Ethiopian Prime Minister had made it clear that the waters of the Nile River flowed during the third mobilization process continuously from the lower outlets, stressing his country's commitment not to harm the downstream countries, as he put it.

It is noteworthy that the Renaissance Dam is also called the “Great Millennium Dam”, and its value is approximately 4 billion dollars, and the Italian company “Salny” assumed the task of building it, and the Ethiopian government financed it completely.

It is also the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa, and the tenth in the world.

Its capacity exceeds 5,000 megawatts, and contains 15 electricity production units, each with a capacity of 350 megawatts.

It is also 1,800 meters long, 145 meters high, and has a maximum capacity of 74 billion cubic metres. Ethiopia started the first phase of filling it in 2020, and began producing energy from it in February 2022.