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March 11th, 2015 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Samar Samir (TCP) : Chairperson of the Egyptian experts in a Tripartite Committee on the Ethiopian controversial Renaissance Dam Alaa Yassin, denied media reports claiming that Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan were at an impasse to choose an international consultant office to study the dam effects on downstream countries.
Youm7 reported Monday that anonymous experts said the three disagreed and were unable to name the international office following four days of talks in Khartoum that started on March 4.
The 12-member Technical National Committee (TNC) requested further details and clarification about the international offices which submitted their bids in February 2015, Yassin told The Cairo Post Tuesday.
He added the bid that can conduct the studies in the shortest time would have the greatest advantage. The competing offices include two French, one Dutch, and another Australian.
Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moughazy stated in February that the winning office should conduct the study in a period of 12 months.
The construction of the dam chilled relations between Addis Ababa and Cairo, especially during the Morsi administration; Egypt said the construction would affect its share of Nile water, whereas Ethiopia has claimed the dam is necessary for its development. In a move some have seen as a thaw, both states agreed to the tripartite talks that started in August 2014 and were hosted by Sudan.
During August talks, the committee agreed to choose an international neutral office to evaluate the dam’s effects on Sudan and Egypt.
Moughazy said in a statement Thursday the chosen office would be announced in four days after Khartoum talks and signing a contract with the office would be following the Egyptian Economic Development Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh scheduled to be held on March 13-15.
In Khartoum talks, the three countries agreed that Sudan will be charged with contacting with the competing offices, announced the Egyptian Minister Friday.
In May, an advisory panel originally conducted a report on the dam’s impact on downstream countries. However, Egypt rejected that report and the studies submitted by the Ethiopian side. The three countries started their negotiations in three sessions in November and December of 2013 and January 2014, but the talks came to an impasse after failing to reach an agreement to implement the report.
Source Article from http://nsnbc.me/2015/03/11/no-impasse-to-appoint-dam-rapporteur-egyptian-expert/
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