Nile dam dispute talks fail to reach agreement
Wed, Apr 07 2021 01:02:19 PM
Cairo, Apr 7 (IANS): The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that the latest negotiations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile river made no progress and failed to reach an agreement . The latest African Union (AU)-sponsored talks that sought to re-launch the deadlocked negotiations for reaching a deal over the filling and operation of the dam came with no progress due to persisting differences, Ahmed Hafez, spokesperson of the foreign ministry, said in a statement on Tuesday.
April 7, 2021
CAIRO The round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam between the Egyptian, Sudanese and Ethiopian ministers of water and irrigation concluded April 6 without agreement in Kinshasa, Congo. No consensus was even reached to continue the diplomatic process to settle the unresolved disputes over the filling and operation of the dam.
Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said in a press statement after the meetings ended, “The meeting has not achieved any progress and will not result in an agreement on relaunching the negotiations. Ethiopia refused the Egyptian and Sudanese proposal to form an international quartet led by the Democratic Republic of Congo as mediator between the three countries.” He also said, “Ethiopia also refused a proposition that Egypt made during the closing session and Sudan supported to resume negotiations under the wing of the Congolese president and with the participation of observers.”
Nile talks deadlocked as Egypt blames Ethiopia for ‘lacking political will’ The talks have failed to arrive at a formula for relaunching substantive negotiations, Egypt said on Tuesday
This satellite image of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. Maxar Technologies via AP
This satellite image of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile river in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. Maxar Technologies via AP
A 2013 photo showing the Blue Nile river flowing near the site of the now finishd Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Assosa in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia. AP, File
Egypt says Ethiopia s intransigence led to failure of dam talks
A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia, on December 2019 [EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP/Getty Images] April 7, 2021 at 12:21 pm
The latest round of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has led to no progress because Ethiopia refused a proposal which would have seen the formation of an international mediation quartet, the spokesperson for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said yesterday.
Talks on the dam were held over two days and ended yesterday and saw Addis Ababa rejecting all proposals and alternatives put forward by Egypt and supported by Sudan in order to move ahead with the negotiations process.
Nile dam dispute talks fail to reach agreement
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Cairo, April 7 : The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that the latest negotiations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) over the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile river made no progress and failed to reach an agreement . The latest African Union (AU)-sponsored talks that sought to re-launch the deadlocked negotiations for reaching a deal over the filling and operation of the dam came with no progress due to persisting differences, Ahmed Hafez, spokesperson of the foreign ministry, said in a statement on Tuesday.