The President of the Republic Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo received in audience Thursday March 19, 2020, the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Choukri about the great Renaissance dam
According to the
communication service of the Presidency, the latter carried a facilitation
message from the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi meeting was in order
to sweep away the dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the great Renaissance
dam.
Note that after
the failure of the last round of negotiations, conducted in Washington DC
between the delegations of Egypt and Ethiopia, under the aegis of the United
States and the World Bank, Cairo has just decided to launch a major diplomatic
offensive against European, Arab and African countries, to explain its position
on the dispute that opposes it in Addis Ababa over the filling of the reservoir
of the Great Dam of the Ethiopian Renaissance (GERD).
The Egyptian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry has embarked on Tuesday, March 17,
an African journey that will take him to several African countries including
South Africa, Tanzania, Sudan, Burundi, Niger and Rwanda.
It should be noted that the
Great Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a dam under construction since 2012 in Ethiopia
on the Blue Nile with an installed capacity of 6000 MW. It should be delivered
in 2022. Egypt fears that its construction will reduce the flow of the Nile
river.
Cassien Tribunal Aungane, Editor
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