Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said he is communicating with the Sudanese minister of water resources and electricity to agree on the timing of a proposed meeting to resolve differences over the technical studies of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia disagree on the role of the consultant offices hired to carry out technical studies on the dam.
The ministers of water resources and foreign affairs of the three countries will attend the meeting.
On the sidelines of his visit to Assiut Wednesday, Moghazi said that the Sudanese minister suggested holding the meeting at the beginning of next week.
The Ethiopian deputy prime minister, who is currently on a visit to Cairo, will discuss with Egyptian officials the dam crisis as well as the management of the Nile River water in general, according to Moghazi.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
