The foreign ministers of Arab countries have backed calls for the United Nations Security Council to intervene in a long-running regional dispute over a giant dam built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile, one of the Nile River’s main tributaries.
The decision announced by Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit came after a meeting on Tuesday in Qatar called by downstream Nile countries Egypt and Sudan.
Aboul Gheit described the water security of Egypt and Sudan as an integral part of Arab national security.
He says there is a united Arab position and the officials had agreed on steps to be taken gradually to support Egypt and Sudan in the dispute.