The meeting was held in the city of Asusa, the capital of the Benishangul Gomez province in which it is located AlNahda dam.
The conferees confirmed that preparations are underway to complete what is required for the third phase of removing Forests For the third filling process of the Renaissance Dam.
Ethiopian officials said the deforestation would likely be completed within 60 days of starting work.
Earlier, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said that Addis Ababa will soon start producing energy from the Renaissance Dam, noting that "Sudan is the biggest beneficiary of this event".
The ministry spokesman added that the energy production from the Renaissance Dam "It does not mean stopping the tripartite negotiations on the outstanding issues over the dam", adding that "Downstream countries have to adapt to reality".
Egyptian keenness on a binding agreement
And on Wednesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said that his country is keen to reach a binding and comprehensive legal agreement regarding the filling and operation of the Renaissance Dam.
In statements to media reporters on the sidelines of the World Youth Forum in Sharm El-Sheikh, Sisi said that Egypt wants a binding and comprehensive legal agreement. "He takes care of all our concerns".
The Egyptian president continued "When negotiations stumbled, we turned to the Security Council, seeking to reach this agreement".
"thorny project"
Egypt and Sudan called on the UN Security Council to draw up a legally binding agreement to resolve the conflict, while Ethiopia stressed that the issue could be resolved by the African Union.
Cairo and Khartoum say that 10 years of negotiations with Ethiopia have failed, and that the Renaissance Dam has already begun a second filling process for its reservoir, adding that this not only violates the 2015 agreement, but also constitutes an existential threat to 150 million people in the two downstream countries.
The dam on the Blue Nile is 80 percent complete and is expected to reach full generation capacity in 2023, making it the largest hydroelectric power station in Africa.
Ethiopia says the $5 billion project is needed to boost economic development and provide electricity to the vast majority of its population.
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This step was announced, during a meeting that included the Ethiopian Minister of Irrigation Aisha Mohamed, Gomez El-Shazly Hassan, Governor of Benishangul Province, and officials from Ethiopian Federal GovernmentAccording to Sky News Arabia correspondent.
The meeting was held in the city of Asusa, the capital of the Benishangul Gomez province in which it is located AlNahda dam.
The conferees confirmed that preparations are underway to complete what is required for the third phase of removing Forests For the third filling process of the Renaissance Dam.
Ethiopian officials said it is likely that deforestation will be completed within 60 days of starting work.
Earlier, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said that Addis Ababa will soon start producing energy from the Renaissance Dam, noting that “Sudan is the biggest beneficiary of this event.”
The ministry spokesman added that the production of energy from the Renaissance Dam “does not mean stopping the tripartite negotiations on the outstanding issues around the dam,” adding that “downstream countries must adapt to reality.”
Egyptian keenness on a binding agreement
And on Wednesday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said that his country is keen to reach a binding and comprehensive legal agreement regarding the filling and operation of the Renaissance Dam.
In statements to media reporters on the sidelines of the World Youth Forum in Sharm el-Sheikh, Sisi said that Egypt wants a binding and comprehensive legal agreement that “takes into account all our concerns.”
“When the negotiations stumbled, we went to the Security Council in an effort to reach this agreement,” the Egyptian president added.
‘thorny project’
Egypt and Sudan called on the UN Security Council to draw up a legally binding agreement to resolve the conflict, while Ethiopia stressed that the issue could be resolved by the African Union.
Cairo and Khartoum say that 10 years of negotiations with Ethiopia have failed, and that the Renaissance Dam has already begun a second filling process for its reservoir, adding that this not only violates the 2015 agreement, but also constitutes an existential threat to 150 million people in the two downstream countries.
The dam on the Blue Nile is 80 percent complete and is expected to reach full generation capacity in 2023, making it the largest hydroelectric power station in Africa.
Ethiopia says the $5 billion project is needed to boost economic development and provide electricity to the vast majority of its population.
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