Key Ethiopia dam talks to begin in Cairo on Thursday
_ Ethiopia's Great Renaissance Dam is constructed in Guba Woreda, some 40 km (25 miles) from Ethiopia's border with Sudan, June 28, 2013. (Photo: Reuters) ______________________________________________________________________ The tripartite technical commission will select a consultancy firm to conduct studies into the impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as required by the international technical panel in May 2013 ________________________________________________________________________ The upcoming round of talks between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the most important yet, Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi has said. Moghazi told state news agency MENA that the tripartite technical commission will select one from nine consultancy firms – three from each country – to conduct studies into the impact of the dam as required by the international technical panel in May 2013. A panel of specialists, including several int