Originally posted by the Voice of America.
Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America,
a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in
the public domain.


Trump Holds Talks with Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan

Patsy Widakuswara

   WHITE HOUSE - The foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan met
   Wednesday in Washington with President Donald Trump and Treasury
   Secretary Steven Mnuchin to discuss the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam
   (GERD) on Ethiopia's Blue Nile.

   In a joint statement issued after the meeting, the ministers-- Sameh
   Hassan Shoukry of Egypt, Gedu Andargachew of Ethiopia and Asma Mohamed
   Abdalla of Sudan--noted the significance of the Nile to the development
   of the people of their countries, and "reaffirmed their joint
   commitment to reach a comprehensive, cooperative, adaptive,
   sustainable, and mutually beneficial agreement on the filling and
   operation" of the GERD.

   The massive hydropower dam project has been the focus of an escalating
   feud between Addis Ababa and Cairo over water resources.

   The unannounced meeting was not on Trump's public schedule. The White
   House did not respond to VOA's earlier request for clarification.

   "The meeting went well and discussions will continue during the day!"
   the president tweeted on Wednesday.

     Just had a meeting with top representatives from Egypt, Ethiopia,
     and Sudan to help solve their long running dispute on the Grand
     Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, one of the largest in the world,
     currently being built. The meeting went well and discussions will
     continue during the day! [1]pic.twitter.com/MsWuEBgZxK
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [2]November 6, 2019

   The meeting, spearheaded by Mnuchin and also attended by World Bank
   Group President David Malpass, came about after Egyptian President
   Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi requested that Trump mediate the conflict over the
   dam.

References

   1. https://t.co/MsWuEBgZxK
   2. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1192157303753125888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

.