CAIRO: A Sudanese delegation headed to Abu Dhabi last month for a discussion on the border dispute with Ethiopia, as part of a mediation initiative announced by the United Arab Emirates.

 Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has arrived in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), for a new round of talks with Sudanese delegation over Ethiopia's disputed Nile dam.

Sudan’s Cabinet announced on March 23 its approval of the UAE initiative to mediate between it and Ethiopia to settle their border disputes and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia.

In a statement on Friday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Shoukry, along with Egypt's Water Minister, headed to Kinshasa at an invitation from the DRC, the current chair of the African Union, for the new round of talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Meanwhile, Sudan's Foreign Ministry announced that the ministerial delegation, also headed by the country's Foreign and Water Ministers, is set to fly to Kinshasa on Saturday.

According to the statement, the talks would discuss Sudan's proposal of a mediation quartet of the UN, the European Union, the US and the AU to help the three parties reach a binding legal agreement on filling and operating of the GERD. Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia have been in talks for years over the technical and legal issues related to the filling and operation of the GERD.

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