Sudanese journalists on visit to GERD

Addis Ababa, April 11, 2016 (FBC) – Sudanese journalists’ visit to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will create better understanding on the benefit of the mega project to downstream countries, Tewolde Mulugeta, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
An 11-member team of Sudanese journalists have arrived in Addis Ababa on Sunday to witness the progress of construction of the dam.

The team welcomed at Bole International Airport by the Spokesperson is expected to leave for the project site on Monday.

Tewolde said the construction of the dam considers shared benefits of the three countries -Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt and the visit by the Sudanese journalists helps create awareness on the fact.

He said the visit will create better understanding about the affirmative effects of the dam to downstream countries.

The grand project will also help to encourage closer people-to-people ties between the two nations, he added.

According to Khalid Thabit, head of the Sudanese journalists’ team, the 11 journalists were drawn from two TV stations and over six newspaper publishers.

Khalid said their visit to the GERD project site will help them get first hand information about the current status of the dam and inform readers and viewers back home.