PRESS RELEASES ON THE TRIPARTITE FOLLOW UP MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MINISTERS OF WATER AFFAIRS ON GERD (November 19, 2020)

PRESS RELEASES ON THE TRIPARTITE FOLLOW UP MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MINISTERS OF WATER AFFAIRS ON GERD

Addis Ababa (November 19, 2020)

The follow-up trilateral ministerial virtual meeting of ministers of Foreign Affairs and Ministers of water affairs of Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan is held on November 19, 2020. The meeting is convened by the Minister of International Relation and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa and Chairperson of the AU Executive Council.

The Ministers discussed the text course of action in resuming the negotiation. Understanding is reached on the need to continue the negotiation on the first filling and annual operation rules of the GERD. Although the delegation of Sudan conditioned its participation on the alteration of the format of the negotiation, the Chairperson of the Executive Council concluded the meeting urging the Parties to produce a text that can be presented to the meeting of heads of states and governments.

The trilateral technical meeting is expected to resume under the chairmanship of the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy Affairs of Ethiopia.