Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan resume dam talks

CAIRO: Egypt confirmed it would participate in a tripartite video ministerial meeting between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Ethiopian grand hydropower dam built over the Nile River, said the Egyptian water ministry in a statement.

Arranged by South Africa, the current chairman of the African Union, the meeting would be held with the aim of resuming negotiations over the rules of filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), said Mohamed al-Sebai, spokesman of Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, in the statement.