Khartoum (IINA) – Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia signed an agreement on Tuesday tasking French consulting companies BRL Ingénierie and Artelia with conducting feasibility studies on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.
The three countries’ irrigation ministers and Egypt’s ambassador to Sudan were present at the signing in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.
In line with recommendations from the 10-member International Panel of Experts established by the three countries, the feasibility studies will include an assessment of the dam’s environmental, socioeconomic and ecological impacts.
According to a statement from Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, the agreement serves as a “roadmap to conduct the two studies within the next 11 months.”
Although the Tripartite National Committee (TNC) of three countries have just come to an agreement on conducting the feasibility studies, Ethiopia’s Minister of Information and Communication said in May that the 6,000-megawatt dam is 70 percent complete.
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