Addis Ababa, July 3, 2021 (FBC) – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) said that it could do nothing other than bringing the parties together to express their concerns and encouraging them to return to negotiations to reach an amicable solution.
French UN Ambassador Nicolas De Riviere said yesterday that the dispute between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over a giant dam built by Ethiopia will be solved only through discussion and the council can’t do anything other than bringing the three countries to table.
The Ambassador further stated that there was little the Security Council could other than bring the parties together to express their concerns and then encourage them to return to negotiations to reach a solution. “I don’t think the council can do much more than that,” he pointed out.
The United Nations Security Council will likely meet next week to discuss a dispute between Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt over a giant dam built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile, French UN Ambassador Nicolas De Riviere said.
Arab states last month called on the 15-member council to meet to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and Ethiopia plans to fill the dam for a second time this summer.
According to EPA, Ethiopia is not keen on Security Council involvement and instead asked the body to defer the issue to the African Union. Ethiopia previously rejected calls from Egypt and Sudan to involve mediators outside the African Union.