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Egypt Says Washington to Host Nov. 6 Meeting on Ethiopia Dam Dispute

Reuters

   CAIRO - The Trump administration has invited Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia
   to a meeting in Washington on Nov. 6 to try to break the deadlock in
   negotiations over a giant hydropower dam on Ethiopia's Blue Nile,
   Egypt's foreign minister said on Tuesday.

   Earlier this month, Cairo said it accepted a U.S. invitation to a
   meeting of foreign ministers over the project that is the source of an
   escalating spat between the two African countries.

   It was not clear if the other two countries had agreed to attend.

   "The U.S. administration invited the three countries to meet in the
   United States on Nov. 6 in the presence of representatives of the
   American administration to discuss breaking the deadlock in the ongoing
   negotiations," Sameh Shoukry told a news conference with visiting
   German foreign minister Heiko Maas.

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