“We can not continue this vicious cycle of circular talks indefinitely,” Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasir Abbas said in a statement.
However, Egypt and Ethopia in separate statements blamed the Sudanese objections to the framework for the talks for the new impasse.
Ethiopia regards the dam as the key to plans to become the largest power exporter in Africa. Egypt, which gets more than 90% of its scarce fresh water from the Nile, is afraid that the dam could ruin its economy.
Sudan on Sunday said it was concerned the dam could overwhelm its nearby Roseires Dam if no agreement is reached allowing countries to share data.
Ethiopia said in a statement from the Foreign Ministry that Sudan, although it had previously insisted on experts from the African Union, objected to their mandate and refused to include the experts in the meeting and thus the conversations stopped effectively.
The long-running dispute between the three countries continues even after the reservoir behind the $ 4 billion dam began filling up in July.
“Sudan has called for the appointment of African Union experts to provide solutions to controversial issues … a proposal that Egypt and Ethiopia have reservations about,” Egypt’s foreign ministry said in a statement on social media has been posted.
Sudan said in its own statement to the state news agency SUNA that it objected to what it said was a January 8 letter from Ethiopia to the African Union that Ethiopia was determined to keep the reservoir for the second year in July by 13.5 million cubic meters to fill. water, whether an agreement is reached or not.
In its own statement posted on the Foreign Ministry’s social media, Ethiopia said it “immediately took the initiative to set up an effective and reciprocal mechanism for exchanging data.”