Ethiopia agrees with Egypt, Sudan to study impact of Nile dam
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan agreed to conduct further studies on the impact a hydropower dam on the main tributary of the Nile river would have on downstream countries, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said last week.
Ethiopia also assured Egypt that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, on the Blue Nile River, was being built in a way that would address Egypt’s water-security concerns, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said at a joint press conference with Amr in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital.
“We are embarking on a period of mutual cooperation,” Amr said. “We’re looking to the future and I think the future will be very good for both of us.”
Ethiopia is building the $4.3 billion 6 000 MW dam about 30 km from the Sudanese border. The facility is set to be Africa’s largest hydropower plant when it is completed in 2017.
A joint panel report finalised last month, which has not been made public, “didn’t clarify in detail the impacts” the dam would have, according to the Egyptian Presidency.
The Ministers agreed to “immediately initiate consultations among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on how to move forward” with recommendations, which included further studies, made by the panel last month, they said in a statement handed to reporters.
Talks were friendly and Egypt is con- vinced that Ethiopia is “determined not to hurt” Egypt by blocking vital flows of the Nile River, Amr said.
Ethiopia is the source of 86% of the water that flows into the Nile, the world’s longest waterway, which Egypt relies on for almost all its water.
The dam “will only reduce the Nile water flow significantly during the stage that the reservoir fills”, former US ambassador to Ethiopia David Shinn said in a June 13 emailed response to questions.
The 74-billion-cubic-metre dam would be filled in about five to six years, according to Ethiopia’s government.
Tedros would visit Egypt soon to continue discussions, according to the statement.
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