ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Ethiopia on Saturday said it is set to begin filling a $4.6 billion hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile within the next two weeks and that construction will continue, hours after the leaders of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia agreed late Friday to return to talks aimed at reaching an accord over its operation.
“It is in this period that the three countries have agreed to reach a final agreement on few pending matters,” a statement from the Ethiopian prime minister’s office said.
