Cairo is keen to reach fair, balanced deal on GERD, Egypt official tells European ambassadors

Cairo is keen to reach fair, balanced deal on GERD, Egypt official tells European ambassadors

Cairo is keen on negotiating with Addis Ababa and Khartoum over the dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile to reach a fair and balanced agreement that preserves Egypt's riparian rights and the interests of the three countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Hamdi Loza told European ambassadors to Egypt.

In a meeting the foreign ministry held with European ambassadors in Cairo on Monday, Loza reviewed the latest developments on the current talks mediated by the African Union (AU) on the long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

He said Egypt wanted to brief the European ambassadors on the updates of the negotiations to inform the international society of the latest developments in the "vital" file, a statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry read.

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