GERD development on US-African summit agenda: Sources – Egypt Today

GERD development on US-African summit agenda: Sources – Egypt Today

CAIRO – 12 December 2022: Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy, former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs said that ‘the great importance of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) file between Egypt and Ethiopia imposes itself strongly on the US-African summit’s agenda, expected to be held in Washington, Tuesday 13 December.

In statements to Al Masry al Youm newspaper, Monday, Nagy pointed out that GERD is one of the most important issues that threaten security and peace in the Horn of Africa and all of Africa.

Nagy added in his statements that during his tenure as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the Trump administration, he personally witnessed the complexity of this file, as President Trump's administration tried to mediate, but without much response from the Ethiopians.

Nagy noted that holding a meeting between the Egyptian and Ethiopian political leaders during the summit ‘would be wonderful to calm the atmosphere between Cairo and Addis Ababa’.

He reiterated that a final agreement between the two sides would be decided by technical negotiations, not political negotiations, because if the politicians set a general framework for negotiation, The technicians and experts are ultimately the decision makers in such matters.

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