Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt to sign studies contract on GERD next week

Addis Ababa, September 16, 2016 (FBC) – The 12th meeting of the Tripartite National Committee on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will take place in Khartoum next Tuesday to celebrate the signing of the extra studies contract which the panel of international experts had recommended on the dam.

Chair of the Committee, Prof Saif Eddin Hamad Abdalla, said two consultative companies; the French BRL and Artelia won the contract for carrying out the studies about the impact of the dam on the two downstream countries.

According to Suna News Agency, ministers of water resources and irrigation from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt would honor the signing ceremony event.