Egypt and Sudan urge Ethiopia to negotiate seriously over giant dam

FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia has said it plans to complete the second phase of filling the dam in the coming rainy season, a move Sudan and Egypt rejected before a binding legal agreement was reached.Sudan and Egypt agreed on Wednesday to coordinate efforts to push Ethiopia to negotiate"seriously" on an agreement on filling and operating a giant dam it is building on the Blue Nile, a joint statement said.

Ethiopia is pinning its hopes of economic development and power generation on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam . Egypt fears the dam will imperil its water supply and Sudan is concerned about the impact on its own water flows.At talks in Khartoum, the Sudanese and Egyptian foreign and irrigation ministers agreed on"coordinating the efforts of the two countries at the regional, continental and international levels to push Ethiopia to negotiate seriously", the joint statement said.

Ethiopia has said it plans to complete the second phase of filling the dam in the coming rainy season, a move Sudan and Egypt rejected before a binding legal agreement was reached.

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