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The PM said Egypt should join what his country intend as tripartite talks with Sudan in order to implement recommendations by an international committee over the construction of its dam on the Nile which Cairo vehemently opposes.
“We seek to persuade the authorities in Cairo to avoid unnecessary complaints about the dam and to resume tripartite talks with Ethiopia and Sudanâ€� the Egyptian media quoted the Ethiopian PM as saying on Friday.
The Egyptian government has not reacted to the latest invitation for talks which if reopened will be the third round of negotiations since Ethiopia began the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) two years ago.
The hydroelectric dam which is meant to boost electricity supply in Ethiopia and satisfy the demands of neighbouring countries is said to be 30 percent complete.
Talks between Cairo and Addis Ababa broke down in January amid differences of opinion over the effect that the dam will have on Egypt’s share of the Nile, on which its citizens depend for their water supply.
Egypt’s opposition to the construction of a dam is informed by fears that the project will leave a significantly damaging effect on the flow of the Nile River and deprive millions of its people of such a vital resource in their lives.
Ethiopia’s Water Minister Alemayehu Tegenu meanwhile said his government would always sue for dialogue to rebuild trust among all riparian countries of the Nile despite what he called Egypt’s campaign of misinformation against the dam project.
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