Roseires — Professor Muhammad Akoud, member of the negotiation delegation on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) stressed the importance of reaching a legally binding agreement between Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia regarding filling and operating the dam.
The dam lies at the source of the Blue Nile river in Ethiopia. Akoud said that "the Ethiopian dam must be filled so that the Roseires reservoir in Sudan's Blue Nile state is not negatively impacted by its proximity to it."
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