ADDIS ABABA - An expert stated that downstream countries calling for international mediation has portrayed their stance to disregard the African Union (AU) role, and is against the agenda of African solutions to African problems.
Ethiopia achieved the first phase of GERD's reservoir last year and reaffirmed that it will launch second dam filling in July to come. The two downstream countries--Egypt and Sudan, with talks deadlocked, called for international mediation to get involved in a foiled attempt to internationalize the matter. Sudan formally requested the African Union, the EU, the UN and the US to mediate the stalled process over the filling and operation of the GERD.
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