{"id":606914,"date":"2023-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/09\/24\/gerd-talks-resume-in-ethiopia-shoukry-backs-multipolar-world-order-in-un-general-assembly-address\/"},"modified":"2023-09-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T00:00:00","slug":"gerd-talks-resume-in-ethiopia-shoukry-backs-multipolar-world-order-in-un-general-assembly-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/09\/24\/gerd-talks-resume-in-ethiopia-shoukry-backs-multipolar-world-order-in-un-general-assembly-address\/","title":{"rendered":"GERD talks resume in Ethiopia + Shoukry backs multipolar world order in UN General Assembly address"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back to the negotiating table: <\/strong> Delegations from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan met yesterday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in another attempt to break the deadlock in the long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Irrigation Ministry s<\/a> aid<\/a> yesterday. <\/p>\n

This is the second round of talks in less than a month: <\/strong> The three sides met for the first time in two years in Cairo last month in a round of talks<\/a> that ended without a breakthrough. <\/p>\n

Remember: <\/strong>The leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia pledged in July<\/a> to finalize an agreement within four months on the filling and operation of the USD 4.6 bn hydroelectric dam. Ethiopia has been unilaterally filling the dam\u2019s reservoir for the past three years without an agreement, inflaming tensions between the two countries. <\/p>\n

Phase four, complete: <\/strong>Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced earlier this month that the country had completed the fourth and final phase of filling<\/a> the reservoir of the dam.<\/p>\n

The talks are getting attention internationally: <\/strong>AFP<\/a> | The National<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Shoukry bangs the drum for multilateralism at the UN: <\/strong> The current international system is \u201cincapable\u201d of solving the multiple crises facing the world,Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said in his address to the UN General Assembly yesterday, calling for a reformed world order that addresses the needs of developing countries (watch, runtime: 18:37<\/a>). Countries in the Global South including Egypt are faced with \u201ccascading and interlocking crises\u201d yet do not receive adequate support from global organizations, he said, accusing major powers of taking unilateral decisions without regard for the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

The solution? <\/strong> Shoukry called for fairer global representation in international institutions including by adding two permanent African representatives at the UN Security Council, and expanding tools needed to address chronic economic problems in low- and middle-income countries such as debt relief, concessional loans, and greater access to multilateral lenders. <\/p>\n

Shoukry also:<\/p>\n