By Nizar Manek, October 30 2019
Both African nations say they’re ready for Nov. 6 meeting
Global powers stepping up efforts to calm dispute over dam
(Bloomberg) --
The U.S. Treasury invited Ethiopia and Egypt for talks, part of growing international efforts to quell a dispute over a giant dam that’s being built on the Nile River.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is convening the meeting in Washington, which the World Bank’s president will attend if the two African countries and mutual neighbor Sudan also participate, a spokesperson for the lender said Thursday. Ethiopia and Egypt’s foreign ministries have both said they’d accepted U.S. invitations for Nov. 6 talks.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-30/u-s-treasury-calls-ethiopia-egypt-to-nile-talks-minister-says