Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged Egypt and Sudan to “keep talks on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam”, noting that “Ethiopia is building a power generation dam so the country can bring its people out of darkness.”

During the inauguration of the operation of the second turbine of the Renaissance dam to generate hydroelectric power, he explained that “Sudan and Egypt must understand that Ethiopia is working to meet its electricity needs and has no intention of harming downstream countries.” noting that “the mobilization for hydropower generation using turbines has proven that Ethiopia is working diligently to achieve its project, taking into account the flow of water to the downstream countries.”

The Prime Minister emphasized that “The successes recorded so far prove that the prosperity of Ethiopia will inevitably be achieved, and the overall construction progress of the project has reached 95 percent, while the electrical work has accounted for 61 percent, and the overall progress of the Renaissance Dam the project has now reached 83.3%.”