US President Donald Trump had invited Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to start negotiations in Washington in November over the GERD, following years of unsuccessful negotiations between the three countries.Įgypt has repeatedly blamed the Ethiopian side for the failure to achieve progress in the negotiations.Įthiopia began constructing the GERD in 2011, costing US$4.7 billion in total to build. The last stage of negotiations, which Ethiopia did not participate in, was for adjusting simple matters while the technical rules negotiated over the past four months saw approval from the Ethiopian side, he said. Picking out fallacies from the Ethiopian side’s statement Shoukry said the rules of international law and the Declaration of Principles do not allow anyone to take unilateral decisions regarding transboundary rivers.Įthiopia’s statement claims that the agreement managed by the US Treasury Department is incomplete, Shoukry said, even after Ethiopia adopted many of the articles presented during previous rounds of negotiations. Visit the tower at night, where you can take photos of the beautiful panoramic view. Its partially open lattice-work design is intended to evoke a lotus plant.

He pointed out that Ethiopia had pledged in the declaration of principles, signed between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in March 2015, not to start filling the dam until an agreement was reached on the operation rules. Cairo Tower, also known as El Gezira Tower or Borg Al Kahira, is considered one of the most prominent features of the Egyptian capital. On Sunday, Shoukry said that Ethiopia’s desire to fill the GERD contradicts the rules of international law. In a joint statement issued Saturday, Ethiopia’s water and foreign ministers said that the GERD’s constructions will continue as planned alongside filling the dam’s reservoir. Ethiopia expressed disappointment towards the US Treasury Department’s statement.

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