Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed congratulated Ethiopians on completing the first phase of the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).<\/p>\n
Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abi Ahmed, had justified the start of filling the Renaissance Dam due to the heavy rainfall season.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Sudanese Minister of Irrigation Yasser Abbas said that it was agreed at the mini-African summit, which was held on Tuesday, to continue negotiations to overcome the points of contention over the Renaissance Dam.<\/p>\n
The Egyptian-Sudanese-Ethiopian mini-summit was previously held in a video conference and sponsored by the African Union, to discuss the reports submitted by the delegations of the three countries in the last round of negotiations.<\/p>\n
However, the Ethiopian Television aired new footages, in a provocative move, showing the Renaissance Dam lake completely filled, which reflects that the Ethiopian side has not been serious regarding the dam negotiations throughout the last period.<\/p>\n
Conflicting statements by Ethiopian ministries of foreign affairs and irrigation were dominating news over the past weeks, declaring the filling of the reservoir then denying those statements and apologizing.<\/p>\n
Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew tweeted in Amhari language, \u201cIt was previously the Nile River, now it is a lake. It will no longer flow back into the river. Ethiopia will use the lake to achieve all the developments it wants. In fact, the Nile is ours.\u201d<\/p>\n
Egypt has repeatedly assured its strong keenness to reach an agreement regarding the dam in a way that preserves the rights of the three countries. <\/p>\n
Egypt Today <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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