Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said the latest meeting held in Addis Ababa between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) were unsuccessful due to Ethiopia and Sudan’s refusal to share a report on the study conducted to determine the impact of the dam on downstream countries. Shoukry made the comments during a press conference held Monday on the margins of joint committee meetings between the FMs of Egypt and Uganda. Shoukry said any solution to the GERD deadlock should be reached on a ‘scientific’ basis that “should leave no room for political interpretation.” During the news conference, Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa said that reaching a scientific solution would be in the interest of all three countries. Kutesa stressed that Egypt must receive assurances that its share of Nile water will not be threatened.