Egyptian Embassy in London organises meeting to review developments of GERD negotiations with British officials, experts

  • Date: 18-Nov-2020
  • Source: Ahram
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Egyptian Embassy in London organises meeting to review developments of GERD negotiations with British officials, experts

The meeting comes within the framework of the continuous efforts to explain Egypt's position in the $4.8 billion near-complete dam, Egypt's foreign ministry said







Ahram Online

, Wednesday 18 Nov 2020







Tarek Hamad Adel, Egypt Ambassador to the UK, during the GERD's virtual meeting on Wednesday (Photo courtesy of Egyptian Foreign Ministry)











The Egyptian Embassy in London has organised a virtual meeting with a group of experts in water resources management, including British officials and researchers concerned with African affairs to review the developments of the negotiations of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a statement by Egypt's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

In addition to reviewing the developments in the GERD negotiations, the meeting, the statement said, was also to present Egypt's efforts to reach an agreement that preserves the water rights of the three countries.

The meeting, the statement said, comes within the framework of the ministry's continuous efforts to explain Egypt's position in the $4.8 billion near-complete dam.

Egypt and Sudan have been in talks with Ethiopia for years now to reach a legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of the