The Arab League Council adopted a proposal to form a committee from the university to follow up the file of the Renaissance Dam in the Security Council, and to work with Egypt and Sudan to ensure an international position in support of a negotiated solution to the dispute, in accordance with international law.
This came at the end of the emergency Arab ministerial meeting called by the Arab League, to discuss the conflict in Libya and the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project.
The Arab ministers called for the necessity of all parties to refrain from taking any unilateral measures, including Ethiopia's failure to start filling the reservoir of the Renaissance Dam, without reaching an agreement with Egypt and Sudan.
They expressed the serious concern of the Arab League Council about the stalled negotiations in some important aspects, and stressed the necessity of resuming negotiations to reach a just agreement, if Ethiopia failed to fill the dam.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said in an intervention during the session that the decision submitted by Egypt and Sudan is balanced and calls for a negotiated solution to the dispute on the basis of international law, noting that "it is necessary that our voice in the Arab League be united in supporting it."
For its part, Arab agreement , Sudan announced that it agreed with Egypt on a forthcoming Arab draft resolution on the Renaissance Dam, after full coordination between the two countries, noting that Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia agree on 90% of the points of contention.
In the meeting, which was held via closed-circuit television, Foreign Minister Omar Qamar Al-Din assured Sudan's full readiness to bridge the points of view between Ethiopia and Egypt, and Sudan and Egypt agreed on the Arab draft resolution on the Renaissance Dam after full coordination between the two countries, without detailing the project.
He emphasized Ethiopia's right to benefit from its water resources and the right of Sudan and Egypt to maintain their water security, while there was no immediate statement from Egypt or Ethiopia regarding this project.
As for the Iraqi position, Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein said that his country supports the rights of Egypt and Sudan in the waters of the Nile River, and supports their efforts to reach a final agreement for a fair division that guarantees their rights, calling on the Ethiopian side to reach an understanding with the Arab countries concerned to ensure their rights in the waters of the Nile River .
A very accurate stage on
his part, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry confirmed today, Tuesday, that the issue of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is passing through a "very accurate stage, in light of the stalled negotiations due to the stubborn Ethiopian stances."
He added that Egypt, in light of these positions, acted in the Security Council to inform him of the developments of this issue and its impact on regional and international peace and security, with his call for taking the necessary measures to urge all parties to return to negotiations in good faith, and to refrain from any unilateral actions.
The Egyptian Foreign Minister pointed out, "Ethiopia's commitment to start filling the reservoir of the Renaissance Dam without reaching an agreement on the rules of filling and operating, which constitutes a clear violation of Ethiopia's international legal obligations."
Ethiopia completes the path
, and Ethiopia has already announced that 74% of the dam has been completed, which it said will begin filling it as of next July, in exchange for a Sudanese-Egyptian refusal to fill in a unilateral decision without an agreement.
Negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have stalled over the past years, the most recent of which was a week ago, amid mutual accusations between Cairo and Addis Ababa of intransigence and a desire to impose unrealistic solutions.