Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr on Monday said he held “clear” and
“constructive” talks with his Ethiopian counterpart, in ongoing
attempts to reach a solution to the Grand Renaissance Dam dispute on the
Nile.
“This meeting is part of political efforts by (Egypt’s) Foreign
Ministry to preserve Egypt’s water security,” Amr said in statements to
Egyptian reporters after a first round of talks with Ethiopian Foreign
Minister Tedros Adhanom.
A diplomatic source said the most important achievement from Amr’s
visit to Addis Ababa was putting an end to the war of words between
Egyptian and Ethiopian officials.
Adhanom is expected to visit Cairo soon.
The source said Amr and Adhanom had a closed session of talks before they were joined by members of their delegations.
The Ethiopian delegation agreed to implement the recommendations of
the Tripartite Commission (comprising Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan) to
carry out further studies into the Blue Nile dam, the source claimed,
accounting for Egyptian concerns over water supplies.
Egyptian delegates stressed the pivotal importance the River Nile has for Egypt.
On the possibility of a tripartite agreement to share management of
the dam, the source said this was not discussed during talks.
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