Addis Ababa to host high-level forum on equitable, reasonable utilisation of transboundary watercourses  

Addis Ababa, June 22, 2023 (FBC) – Addis Ababa will host the 2nd Africa-Run High-Level Forum on Equitable and Reasonable Utilisation of Transboundary Watercourses in Africa under the theme “Equitable and Reasonable Utilisation of Transboundary Watercourses: A Key to Africa’s Prosperity”.

The primary goal of the meeting will be on how to ensure equitable and reasonable use of Nile River by using a platform that promotes the exchange of experiences and scientific research while upholding the significance of the principle of equitable and reasonable utilization of trans-boundary water as the guiding principle in the development of trans-boundary watercourses.

Ministers of Foreign Affairs from riparian countries will participate in the forum and are expected to visit the progress of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) at the end of the deliberations, as per MFA Ethiopia.