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File photo of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. (AP) Cairo - Mohammed Abdo Hassanein
Ethiopia has defied the international pressure on it due to the dispute with Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Addis Ababa plans to build more than 100 small and medium dams in various areas across the country in the upcoming fiscal year.
“This is the only way to resist any forces opposed to Ethiopia,” Ahmed stressed.
He made his remarks during the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of the first phase of the Adama-Awash 60-kilometer-long highway project, which aims to enhance social and economic integration with Djibouti and the nearby areas of Adama.
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Tensions Intensify as Ethiopia Readies to Start GERD Mega-Dam Turbines
Despite continued pressure from Egypt and Sudan, Ethiopia will push ahead on the second-year filling of the 6.4-GW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reservoir this summer with ambitions to begin operating two of its 16 planned turbines later this year.
Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen, who also serves as the East African nation’s deputy prime minister, during a May 20 webinar said the massive dam’s second-year filling would be conducted as “scheduled and agreed [to] by the National Independent Scientific Research Group (NISRG).” The NISRG references a technical consultation conducted by 15 hydrologists from Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan starting in mid-2018. While the panel laid out four
GERD under construction. Picture: Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water, Irrigation & Energy
The following is the press statement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issued on April 06 by the government of Ethiopia following the latest round of negotiation.
The Foreign and Water Affairs Ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan had a meeting in Kinshasa to resume the trilateral negotiation on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) under the auspices of the African Union (AU).
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the current chairperson of the AU, Felix Tshisekedi opened the meeting.
The Minister of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs of
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