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The Ethiopian government confirmed the opening of water through the middle passage of the Renaissance Dam, announcing the completion of the third filling of the dam.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister called Abi Ahmed Egypt and Sudan, Thursday, to dialogue and negotiation as the best solution to work in the interest of all parties regarding the file of the Renaissance Dam.
Ahmed said during his speech on the occasion of the operation of the second turbine to produce electricity from AlNahda damHis country has made it clear more than once to the downstream countries that his country does not intend to harm them.
He pointed out that the second turbine was operated after storing 22 billion cubic meters of water in the process third filling However, there was no decrease in water towards the downstream countries.
And she was Ethiopian government Last February, it announced the operation of the first turbine with a production capacity of 375 megawatts of electricity.
Egypt and Sudan are still insisting on reaching a binding legal agreement, coinciding with the fall season in which Ethiopia begins operations filling dam.
At the end of last month, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry expressed its complete rejection of the continuation of Ethiopia In the filling of the Renaissance Dam without an agreement with Egypt and Sudan on the filling and operation of the dam, in a letter addressed by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to the UN Security Council.
Egypt accuses Ethiopia of violating the initial agreement signed between the three countries in 2015, and prohibits any of them from taking unilateral measures in the use of the river’s water.
The dam, which is expected to be Africa’s largest project to generate electricity from water, has sparked a regional row since Ethiopia launched the project in 2011.
The downstream countries, Ethiopia’s neighbors, fear Egypt and Sudanfrom the repercussions of the dam on their water security, while Addis Ababa stresses its importance for electricity generation and development.
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The Ethiopian government confirmed the opening of water through the middle passage of the Renaissance Dam, announcing the completion of the third filling of the dam.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister called Abi Ahmed Egypt and Sudan, Thursday, to dialogue and negotiation as the best solution to work in the interest of all parties regarding the file of the Renaissance Dam.
Ahmed said during his speech on the occasion of the operation of the second turbine to produce electricity from AlNahda damHis country has made it clear more than once to the downstream countries that his country does not intend to harm them.
He pointed out that the second turbine was operated after storing 22 billion cubic meters of water in the process third filling However, there was no decrease in water towards the downstream countries.
And she was Ethiopian government Last February, it announced the operation of the first turbine with a production capacity of 375 megawatts of electricity.
Egypt and Sudan are still insisting on reaching a binding legal agreement, coinciding with the fall season in which Ethiopia begins operations filling dam.
At the end of last month, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry expressed its complete rejection of the continuation of Ethiopia In the filling of the Renaissance Dam without an agreement with Egypt and Sudan on the filling and operation of the dam, in a letter addressed by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to the UN Security Council.
Egypt accuses Ethiopia of violating the initial agreement signed between the three countries in 2015, and prohibits any of them from taking unilateral measures in the use of the river’s water.
The dam, which is expected to be Africa’s largest project to generate electricity from water, has sparked a regional row since Ethiopia launched the project in 2011.
The downstream countries, Ethiopia’s neighbors, fear Egypt and Sudanfrom the repercussions of the dam on their water security, while Addis Ababa stresses its importance for electricity generation and development.
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