Foreign Ministry accepts postponing GERD meeting, stresses need for urgent action

Foreign Ministry accepts postponing GERD meeting, stresses need for urgent action: The Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that it has agreed to postpone the trilateral meeting with Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which had been set for 24-25 February. Sudan delayed the meeting at Ethiopia’s request after Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s sudden resignation. Abu Zeid said the ministry “understands the circumstances that may have pushed Ethiopia to request postponing the meeting” but was still looking “forward to the adherence of the timeframe determined by the leaders to settle the existing technical disputes.”