Egypt's Foreign Minister and Intelligence Chief reached Wednesday an agreement with their Ethiopian and Sudanese counterparts on the next steps to reconcile their views on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced. Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid Tweeted on Wednesday that the three countries signed a ministerial meeting outcome document, agreeing to send their comments on the initial technical report to the French technical consultancy firm, hold a tripartite summit meeting every six months, found a joint-investment fund and establish an independent scientific group to reconcile their differing views on the dam. The three countries agreed that each can submit comments to the firm via email and hold a tripartite meeting in Cairo a week after in the presence of firm representatives to discuss the responses.