AMMAN — The
Foreign Ministry Wednesday on reiterated the water security of Sudan and Egypt is "part and
parcel" of the wider Arab national security, expressing full support for
Cairo and Khartoum.
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In a statement, the ministry
emphasized the need to realize a solution based on negotiations over
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. in a way that would guarantee the rights of all parties to the
Nile River.
It warned of unilateral actions and
the filling of the
Dam without an agreement based on the international law.
Cairo and Khartoum's effort to
resolve the issue through negotiations reflect their commitment to share the
Nile River fairly to eschew tension and promote cooperation.
Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling a
mega-dam's reservoir on the upper Blue Nile, Egypt and Sudan said, raising
tensions Tuesday ahead of an upcoming UN Security Council meeting on the issue.
Both Cairo and Khartoum said
they had been notified by Addis Ababa that the second phase of filling the dam
had begun, according to Agence France Presse.
Egypt's irrigation ministry
late Monday expressed its "firm rejection of this unilateral measure"
and Sudan's foreign ministry on Tuesday followed suit, labelling the move a
"risk and imminent threat."
The huge dam, set to be
Africa's largest hydroelectric project when completed, has sparked an almost
decade-long diplomatic stand-off between Addis Ababa and downstream nations
Egypt and Sudan, according to the agency.
Ethiopia says the project is essential to its
development, but Cairo and Khartoum fear it could restrict their citizens'
water access.
Both governments have been
pushing Addis Ababa to ink a binding deal over the filling and operation of the
dam, and have been urging the UN Security Council to take the matter up in
recent weeks.
Thursday's
UNSC meeting was requested by Tunisia
on behalf of Egypt and Sudan, a diplomatic source told AFP.
But France's ambassador to the UN said last week
that the council itself can do little apart from bringing all the sides
together.
"We can open the door, invite the three
countries at the table, bring them to express their concerns, encourage them to
get back to the negotiations and find a solution," he told reporters.
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