During an Iftar (Ramadan breakfast) feast in Sudan for news agencies and the local press, organised by the Ethiopian embassy, Zoudi added that “work in the dam is in full swing.”
“As you know, it is a huge project, and we still have a lot to wait for, but the construction process is going well and has not stopped for a minute. So far we have completed more than 65% of the construction and very soon, maybe in less than a year, we will celebrate the completion of the GERD,” he explained.
He pointed out that the three countries managed to overcome their dispute, saying all fears would disappear when the three parties reached a technical compromise on the dam.
The Ethiopian Ambassador underscored the three countries would advantage from the GERD.
Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt agreed last month on disputed issues about the technical impact studies and options for filling and operating the GERD.
The agreement was reached in a sitting of the ministerial board on the GERD together with foreign affairs and water ministers and heads of security and intelligence services of the three countries in Addis Ababa.
The contract provides to send a letter to the consultant including observations and questions of the three countries on the initial technical report and to discuss the reaction at the meeting of the national technical committee in Cairo.
