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GERD Support Group in Belgium Promotes the National Interest of Ethiopia
The GERD Support Group in Belgium aims at informing members of the international community about the objective of the Renaissance Dam, its benefit to Ethiopia and the region, and the trilateral negotiation processes between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to reach at a win-win solution which satisfies all parties.
Logo of GERD Support Group in Belgium. (Source: The Support Group website).
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the ongoing tripartite negotiation has been a very topical issue for all Ethiopians and the diaspora community. The GERD Support Group based in Belgium was also inspired by this development. The Group consists of various Ethiopians and nationals of Ethiopian origin came together of own initiative established on June 20 2020 with the aim to promoting Ethiopia’s interest particularly the importance of the GERD for Ethiopia as well as the region as a whole. This group has contributed immensely to the understandings and support to the GERD project and the tripartite negotiation with lower riparian countries, Sudan and Egypt. The group
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has set up in such a short period of time, quite informative social media forums i.e., Facebook, Twitter, and website. Through these media outlets, the group has already disseminated important facts and advantages of the GERD to Ethiopia and beyond. It has also taken an exemplary initiative to redress misinformation in representing Ethiopia’s effort to build the dam. The support group aims at informing members of the international community about the objective of the Renaissance Dam, its benefit to Ethiopia and the region, and the trilateral negotiation processes between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan to reach at a win-win solution which satisfies all parties. The group also aspires to promote equitable
