Addis Ababa, 21 January 2016 (WIC) – Egypt’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid said that Egypt receives the necessary information on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam through coordination with Khartoum and Addis Ababa.
“We coordinate with Sudan and Ethiopia which stipulates all the technical and political issues of the dam,” Abu Zeid said.
According to ahram.org, Egypt is negotiating with Ethiopia over the timeline set by Addis Ababa for filling the dam.
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan recently agreed on naming two French consultancy firms to conduct studies on the possible impact of the dam on the downriver countries. The Artelia and BRL firms are set to complete the studies in 11 months.
Egypt’s president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is expected to attend the African Summit by the end of this month in Ethiopia, where tripartite talks will take place with his Sudanese and Ethiopian counterparts over the dam issue.