የአፍሪካ ህብረት ኮሚሽን ሊቀመንበር መሐመድ አሊ የሱፍ በሕዳሴው ግድብ ምረቃ ላይ ያስተላለፉት መልዕክት — Transcript

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1. 0:01Rahman Rahim,
2. 0:03your excellency Dr. Abi Ahmed Ali,
3. 0:07Prime Minister of the Federal and
4. 0:08Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,
5. 0:12Your Excellencies, Heads of States and
6. 0:13Government,
7. 0:15Your Excellencies, Ministers,
8. 0:17Ambassadors,
9. 0:19Hi dignitaries, ladies and gentlemen.
10. 0:23It is indeed a historic day for
11. 0:25Ethiopia.
12. 0:27The inauguration of the Renaissance Dam
13. 0:29will be remembered for generations to
14. 0:32come.
15. 0:34The inception of this project, its
16. 0:37construction
17. 0:39and today its inauguration took decades
18. 0:42of hard work, dedication and a visionary
19. 0:46leadership.
20. 0:48It is well known that its primary
21. 0:51purpose is to produce green energy up to
22. 0:555,000 megawatts.
23. 0:58The Ethiopian people and the neighboring
24. 1:00countries will certainly benefit from
25. 1:03abundant source of electricity.
26. 1:06I would like to seize this moment
27. 1:08momentous opportunity
28. 1:10to congratulate his excellency prime
29. 1:12minister Abi for his incredible
30. 1:16achievement and the Ethiopian people
31. 1:21as such who believed in this project and
32. 1:24financed it on their own savings, blood
33. 1:29and sweat. Your excellencies,
34. 1:35the program for infrastructure
35. 1:37development in Africa
36. 1:40is one of the most strategic framework
37. 1:42and flagship program of agenda 2063.
38. 1:46It was launched in 2012
39. 1:50and it covers four major areas.
40. 1:53transport, energy, transboundary water
41. 1:57resources, information and communication
42. 1:59technology.
43. 2:01PETA provides a vision, policies,
44. 2:05strategies
45. 2:07for large scale crossber infrastructure
46. 2:09project.
47. 2:11Your Excellencies,
48. 2:13after a successful second African
49. 2:15climate summit
50. 2:17organized
51. 2:19in Adis Sababa
52. 2:23[Music]
53. 2:24yesterday.
54. 2:26This dam comes as a testimony of words
55. 2:30translated into action.
56. 2:33Yes indeed, energy transition based on
57. 2:36renewables remains at the heart of our
58. 2:39collective ambition on the continent.
59. 2:42Now, as the chairperson of the African
60. 2:45Union Commission, it's also my duty to
61. 2:49echo Egypt and Sudan's concerns with
62. 2:53regards to the unimpeded flow of the
63. 2:55Nile water and their expectations of a
64. 2:59trilateral agreement. His Excellency
65. 3:02Prime Minister Abi reassured everybody
66. 3:05in his statement and he said this dam is
67. 3:09not meant to harm anyone.
68. 3:20The best way the three countries could
69. 3:23resolve this issue is through diplomatic
70. 3:26means around the table of negotiations.
71. 3:29I urge the three countries to resume
72. 3:32dialogue and talks on the basis of the
73. 3:352015 agreement on principles signed in
74. 3:39Kakum. The African Union Commission is
75. 3:42ready to assist the three countries to
76. 3:45find an amicable solution. Nobody is
77. 3:48going to invent or reinvent the wheel.
78. 3:51There are successful experiences even on
79. 3:54our continent that can be
80. 4:04There are successful experiences even on
81. 4:06our continent that can be a good
82. 4:09reference to that trilateral
83. 4:11cooperation. I am referring to the very
84. 4:14wise cooperation between Seneagal, Mali
85. 4:18and Moritania through the organization
86. 4:20for the promotion of Seneagal River.
87. 4:24Yes, it is possible to find common
88. 4:26ground for collaboration. It takes
89. 4:29political
90. 4:32will and wisdom.
91. 4:34My brother from Esatini quoted the
92. 4:37Bible. So maybe it's my turn to quote
93. 4:40the Holy Quran.
94. 4:42Allah said in the Quran,
95. 4:50we made alive everything from water. I
96. 4:54thank you.
97. 5:18Thank you,
98. 5:21Salini Pedro.