President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as African Union Chairperson, will chair a virtual meeting of the African Union (AU) Bureau of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government on Tuesday, 21 July 2020. 

The meeting is a follow-up to the Bureau’s meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that was held on 26 June 2020.

The meeting will consider progress made in the Trilateral Negotiations between the GERD Parties, namely, Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan.

The meeting will take place within the context of the AU’s efforts to strengthen the negotiations and to infuse new momentum towards the resolution of all the outstanding legal and technical matters,  including (but not limited to) the issue of the future development on the Blue Nile upstream as well as the future dispute resolution mechanism. 


Media enquires: Khusela Diko, Spokesperson to the President on media@presidency.gov.za
 
Issued by: The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa and the Chairperson of the African Union