Saturday 07 Mar 2015 - 12:11 Makkah mean time-16-5-1436
Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan agree on Nile dam (Google image)
Khartoum, (IINA) - Foreign ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia signed here a declaration of principles on a multi-billion-dollar hydroelectric Ethiopian dam on the Nile, Worldbulletin news agency reported.
"Consensus has been reached on a joint declaration of principles to cooperate and benefit from the eastern Nile basin and the Renaissance dam," Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti told a press conference late Thursday night.
Karti said that the preliminary agreement would be submitted to each of the three countries' presidents for review. Yet, he didn't offer details of the agreement.
For his part, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that the agreement would "pave the way for further cooperation on the political and technical aspects" of the dam project.
Ethiopia, for its part, says the project is indispensable to its own national development and the economic welfare of its burgeoning population.
Yesterday Egyptian Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi had said that the consultancy firm which would be tasked with assessing the likely impact of Ethiopia's Renaissance dam project, which Egypt and Sudan fear would reduce their respective shares of the Nile water, would be announced within four days in Addis Ababa.
Four consultancy firms from France, Australia and Holland had earlier been shortlisted and invited to submit their proposals.
Noteworthy that the Blue Nile joins the White Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile, which flows through Sudan and Egypt before emptying into the Mediterranean.
SM/IINA
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