An aerial view of water levels at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, Ethiopia. PHOTO | EBC | AFP
Sudan on Saturday called for raising the
negotiation on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) from the
ministerial level to the level of head of state.
"The
negotiation must be raised from the level of ministers to the level of
presidents of the three countries through the African Union in order to
provide political support for the negotiations," Sudanese Irrigation and
Water Resources Minister Yasir Abbas said at a press conference in the
capital Khartoum.
"Continuation of the
negotiations in the current form will not be effective," Abbas added,
noting Sudan's commitment to negotiation any time and anywhere.
Reaching a deal in Nile dam talks needs a decision from the highest political leaderships in the three countries, he explained.
Sudan,
Egypt and Ethiopia on Friday concluded their latest round of dam talks
without reaching consensus over a draft deal regarding the GERD that
should have been submitted to the African Union on Friday.
Ethiopia,
which started building the GERD in 2011, expects to produce more than
6,000 megawatts of electricity through the project.
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