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Sudan’s Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Yasser Abbas met in Khartoum with Ethiopian counterpart Seleshi Bekele, where they agreed to resume the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia soon.
Khartoum requires changing the negotiation methodology and giving the African Union a greater role to solve the Renaissance Dam crisis, “noting that there is no date for the resumption of the tripartite negotiations.
“Sudan was all the time discussing in good faith Always offers positive proposals to solve dilemmas And it is required that the safe operation of the Rusayris dam and the safety of the people who live behind the Rusayris dam That an agreement must be signed “ said Abbas
The Sudanese Minister confirmed resolving over 90% of the Renaissance Dam disputes last June, but they did not see progress after that, and there are 3 essential points that have not been agreed upon regarding the Great ethipia Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis, and the amount of water stored in the Renaissance Dam is a key point in negotiating about the crisis.
“The most important thing about it is whether the Renaissance Dam is filling, running and sharing water, or filling and operating only “the Minister concluded