Addis Ababa, December 26 (WIC) – Tripartite committees of members from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia convened in Cairo on 24/12/2011 to discuss Ethiopia’s proposed Renaissance Dam.
The meeting came in light of the agreement signed here on November 29 between Egypt’s Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Hisham Qandil, Ethiopian Water and Energy Minister Alemayehu Tegenu and Sudanese Irrigation and Water Minister Kamal Ali Mohammed.
Under the deal, the committee will group six experts, two from each country, plus four foreign experts.
Egypt’s Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed Fathi said that the three-day meeting is considered an activation of the pact signed between the three countries to discuss Ethiopia’s proposed Renaissance Dam.
The move is crucial in light of cooperation maintained by the three countries, he added. (Egypt State Information Service)