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News: Ethiopia firm on commencing GERD filling in July, says Egypt, Sudan turndown proposal on filling

Senior government officials led by PM Abiy Ahmed are discussing GERD performance report document presented by Dr. Seleshi.

Addis Abeba, May 11/2020 – Senior government officials led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed are discussing a document presented by Seleshi Bekele, (PhD), Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, on progress report of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), state media reported.

The meeting is being attended by senior officials including deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mokonnen, Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew and army chief of staff, General Adem Mohammed, among others.

The performance report presented by Dr. Seleshi indicated that the civil engineering part of the GERD has reached 87% completion while the general construction progress has reached 73 %. The document also presented that preparations were completed to begin the first phase filling as of the coming July 2020.

Dr. Seleshi is also quoted as saying that Ethiopia was preparing a counter document as a response to Egypt’s complaint letter submitted to the UN Security Council. He added that Ethiopia was no longer going to participate in the Washington D.C. negotiated talks unless the talks are open for further negotiations.

Despite initial agreements both from Egypt and Sudan with regard to Ethiopia’s proposal of the first phase filling of the dam, both countries have now refused to consider Ethiopia’s proposal when asked to get the document. However, it was indicated that Ethiopia wants a return to the tripartite discussions based on previous principles and the principles of African solutions for African problems, the state media further said.

According to a report this morning published on Wazema Radio, the US government has issued another note warning Ethiopia not to begin the filling of the dam before the completion of negotiations.

Following Ethiopia’s refusal to take part in the D.C talks, in February this year, the US has warned Ethiopia that the “final testing and filling should not take place without an agreement.” AS

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ኢትዮጵያ የታላቁን ህዳሴ ግድብ የውሃ ሙሌት በመጪው ሐምሌ የመጀመር እቅዷን ተግባራዊ እንደምታደርግ ገለፀች

ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ዐቢይ አሕመድ በመሩትና ከፍተኛ የመንግስት የስራ ኃላፊዎች በተሳተፉበት የህዳሴ ግድብ የቴክኒክ ኮሚቴ በውሃ መስኖ ኢነርጂ ሚኒስትሩ ዶ/ር ኢንጂነር ስለሺ በቀለ አማካኝነት የግድቡን ዝርዝር የስራ ሂደት የተመለከተ ሪፖርት አቅርቦ ውይይት እየተከሄደበት ነው።በሪፖርቱ እንደተገለፀው የሲቪል ምህንድስና ስራው 87 በመቶ ጥቅል የግንባታ ሂደቱ ደግሞ 73 በመቶ ደርሷል።በመሆኑም በሐምሌ ወር የመጀመርያውን የውሃ ሙሌት ስራ ለማስጀመር የሚቻልበት የግንባታ ደረጃ ላይ በመደረሱ ይህም ተግባራዊ እንደሚደረግ ዶ/ር አንጂነር ስለሺ ገልፀዋል።

የውሃ ሙሌቱ እንዳይጀመር ግብፅ ለተባበሩት መንግስታት የፀጥታ ምክር ቤት ቅሬታ ማስገባቷን በተመለከተም ኢትዮጵያ ተገቢውን የምላሽ ሰነድ ማዘጋጀቷንም አስታውቀዋል።የታችኛው ተፋሰሰ ሀገራትን ያካተተው የዋሽንግተኑ መድረክ ለውይይት ክፍት ካልሆነ በስተቀር ኢትዮጵያ ወደ መድረኩ እንደማትመለስም ተገልጿል።

የመጀመርያው ሙሌትን ማስጀመርን በተመለከተ ከዚህ ቀደም በግብፅም ሆነ በሱዳን በኩል ስምምነት የነበር ቢሆንም አሁን ግን የሙሌት አተጋባሩን የሚገልፀውን ቴክኒካል ሰነድ እንዲላክላቸውና እንዲመለከቱት ሲጠየቁ በሁለቱም በኩል ፍቃደኝነት አለመኖሩም ተጠቁሟል።

አትዮጵያ አሁንም የሶስትዮሽ ድርድሩ ቀድሞ በተቀመጡ መርሆች ለአፍሪካ ችግር አፍሪካው መፍተሔ ሊሰጥ በሚችል መልኩ እንዲቀጥል ቢደረግ ፍቃዷ መሆኑም ተገልጿል።ቀድሞም የምታራምደውን የጋራ ተጠቃሚነት መርህን እንደምትቀጥልም እንዲሁ።ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ዐቢይ አሕመድ በመሩት በዚህ ውይይት ምክትል ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ደመቀ መኮንን የጦር ኃይሎች ጠቅላይ ኤታማዦር ሹም ጀነራል አደም መሀመድ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚንስትር ገዱ አንዳርጋቸው የቀድሞው ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ኃይለማርያም ደሳለኝና ሌሎች ከፍተኛ የመንግስት የስራ ኃላፊዎች ተሳትፈዋል።

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