CAIRO — Ethiopia did not attend the Feb. 27–28 round of US-mediated talks in Washington intended to produce a final agreement with Egypt and Sudan on the controversial, $4.8 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
In the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, officials said they needed more time to consider their position on the agreement, which was the product of meetings attended by the foreign ministers of Egypt and Sudan and by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.