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Egypt Independent
“There are countries in the council manipulating the issue (of the Ethiopian Dam)”, said the Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit. He told the Egyptian Sada al-Balad TV channel on Wednesday, in relation to the United Nation’s Security Council resolution on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
“The Security Council was careful in addressing this issue, and had it not been for the strength of Egypt and Sudan, it might not have been able to take a position”, Aboul Gheit elaborated.
In his recent visit to the Security Council, Aboul Gheit, stressed; “there is no need to push the parties of the dam crisis in a path that risk stability of the region”.
“The Security Council has specific procedures which begin with a decision and end with a statement; read and not printed. The UNSC did not act as required by its responsibilities, but acted in the interest of its parties”, he added.
Egypt and Sudan have been negotiating for a ‘legally binding agreement’ on the operation of the dam, while Ethiopia pushes for advisory agreements.
The downstream nations are apprehensive about possible blows to their water facilities, agricultural land, and overall availability of Nile water.
Negotiations on the dam between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have stalled for years, with the three parties ultimately failing to reach any agreements.
