US ambassador to Egypt Jonathan Cohen affirmed on Tuesday that his country hopes Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan would reach a just and fair final deal over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis.
This statement came during his meeting with the head of Egypt's Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Lieutenant-General Abdel-Moneim El-Terras.
During the meeting, Cohen referred to the promising cooperation opportunities enjoyed by the AOI.
" We are keen to promote bilateral relations and partnership between both sides," Cohen said.
It is worth mentioning that, the last and final round of talks among Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan Foreign and water ministers over GERD kicked off earlier Tuesday in Washington, under the auspices of US Treasury secretary and the World Bank (WB) boss.
The two-day meetings aim at reaching a consensus among the three countries over the filling and operations of GERD.
The meeting was preceded by consultations among technical and legal experts from the three countries last week in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
On his part, the Sudanese ministry of irrigation spokesman Saleh Hamad said that Al-Khartoum talks witnessed a convergence of views, with differences in some technical and legal issues, indicating that the delegations prepared proposals that would be presented to the ministers of the three countries at Washington meetings.
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