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6:42 pm
Sunday 03 January 2021
Agencies:
Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Mohamed Abdel Aty, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, participated in the six-party ministerial meeting on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which was held today, Sunday 3 January 2021, by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Water of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia headed by South Africa in his capacity as current President of the African Union. .
During the meeting, Egypt stressed the need to reach an agreement on the Renaissance dam as soon as possible, before the start of the second phase of filling the dam reservoir, in a way that achieves the common interests of the three countries. and at the same time secure the rights and interests of Egypt’s water.
The meeting concluded with an agreement to carry out a round of negotiations between the three countries that will last for a week with the objective of discussing the substantive aspects and controversial points of the Renaissance Dam Agreement, in the presence of observers participating in the negotiations and experts appointed by the African Union Commission, provided a meeting is held later this week. Another six ministries led by South Africa to consider the results of the round of tripartite negotiations.
For its part, the Sudan Ministry of Irrigation announced that the parties to the Renaissance Dam negotiations have adopted Sudan’s proposal and will dedicate this week to bilateral meetings with experts and observers.
“At the invitation of the South African Minister for International Cooperation, Dr. J. Bandura, a tripartite meeting was held this afternoon between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia, in the presence of experts from the African Union and international observers to consider the possibility of resuming negotiations for the filling and operation of the Renaissance Dam, “the ministry said in a statement.
During the meeting, the three countries reviewed their positions on the possibility of reaching a formula that would allow the resumption of negotiations in light of the positive evolution of the African experts who present a memorandum of agreement for the three countries.
Sudan welcomed this progress and considered it insufficient in light of the lack of a clear role for experts to facilitate negotiations and propose solutions to future problems.
The meeting concluded with the adoption of Sudan’s proposal that this week be devoted to bilateral meetings between the three countries and the group of experts and observers.
Dr. J Bandura requested that these meetings be dedicated to identifying points of agreement and disagreement between the three countries, provided that the tripartite meetings resume on Sunday, January 10, with the hope that the negotiations will conclude at the end of January and before the end of the session of the South African presidency of the African Union.
