Ethiopia plans to conclude dam construction, export wheat in 2023

Ethiopia plans to conclude dam construction, export wheat in 2023

The Ethiopian ambassador to Russia, Ethiopia Alemayehu Tegenu, said that 88 percent of the construction work on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has already been completed, stressing that his country is looking forward to completing the construction of the dam by the end of 2023 and to export wheat as a result.

In an interview with the Russian “Sputnik” news agency, Tegenu said that the Renaissance Dam is an Ethiopian edifice built by Ethiopia with the help of its people, so it will be managed only by the Ethiopians, but he pointed out to possibly “sharing information with downstream countries when necessary.”

Tegenu also stressed the need for dialogue with Egypt and Sudan under the African Union to reach an agreement on the dam.

Ethiopia will become self-sufficient in wheat within a short period, and will even be able to export it by 2023, Tegenu said.

Tegenu said that his country does not depend on wheat supplies from Russia and Ukraine, but rather buys it from different countries through auctions, adding, Ethiopia has a plan to achieve self-sufficiency in terms of food supplies, and has recorded great success in wheat production in 2022, as about 2.6 million tons of wheat were produced using