The Malabo declaration was subsequently issued and included seven items providing for water management in the eastern Nile basin between Cairo and Addis Ababa, and defining the relations between the two countries in regard to the utilization of the Nile waters.
During the 2014 meeting, a political and a technical approach were agreed upon to resolve the outstanding problems from the dam, mainly the dam’s negative impact on water flow into the Aswan High Dam, its negative environmental impact and the energy generated by the dam.