Ethiopia forms committee to assess claims over Nile projects
The water and energy minister said a national committee would assess claimed losses and foregone development opportunities associated with more than 22 Nile projects.
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Ethiopia's Water and Energy Minister Habtamu Itefa said on 1 October that a national committee had been formed to assess economic losses and foregone development opportunities linked to Nile water projects. In an interview with ENA, he said the committee had identified more than 22 projects, including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, and was compiling evidence related to the claims.
Itefa said the assessment involved experts, former ministers, advisers and legal professionals. The committee would examine claims of project obstruction as well as Ethiopia's conservation and water-management contributions, he said, describing negotiation and mutual understanding as the preferred path. The allegation that Egypt obstructed projects is reported as the minister's claim, not as an independently verified finding.
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Ethiopia forms committee to assess Nile project loss claims
Scope of the committee's work as described by Water and Energy Minister Habtamu Itefa in an ENA interview.
| Projects identified so far | More than 22, according to the minister; the GERD was among those named |
| Assessment participants named by the minister | Experts, former ministers, advisers and legal professionals |
| Work described | Compile evidence on projects and examine the basis for Ethiopia's compensation claims |
| Preferred approach described | Negotiation and mutual understanding |
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Statements are attributed to the minister. The government's claim that Egypt obstructed projects is not presented as an independently verified finding.
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