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Sudan announces delay of tripartite meeting on renaissance dam

Xinhua,February 18, 2018 Adjust font size:

KHARTOUM, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Sudan on Saturday announced delay of a tripartite meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that was scheduled to be held in Khartoum during Feb. 24-25.

"In response to a request by the Ethiopian side, a tripartite meeting on the GERD, which was scheduled to be hosted by Khartoum at its technical and ministerial levels during current Feb. 24-25, has been decided to be postponed to a later date to be agreed on by the three countries (Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia)," said Sudan's Foreign Ministry in a statement.

"The political developments relating to the resignation of the Ethiopian Prime Minister and the ongoing arrangements to appoint his successor necessitated the Republic of Ethiopia to request the postponement of the meetings until a new Prime Minister is elected," noted the statement.

On Feb. 15, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn turned in his resignation.

Additionally, the Ethiopian Council of Ministers declared a national state of emergency following security challenges, unrest and protests witnessed by the country.

Egypt fears that the construction of the dam would affect its share in the Nile water, while Ethiopia reiterated that the dam is likely to make a shift in its wealth, namely in the field of electricity.

The GERD, extending on an area of 1,800 square km, is scheduled to be completed in three years at a cost of 4.7 billion U.S. dollars. Enditem

 

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