Ethiopia Rejects Arab League Resolution Backing Egypt to Take GERD Meeting to the UNSC

Addis Abeba — Ethiopia has "rejected in its entirety" a resolution by the Executive Council of the League of Arab States backing Egypt's position in calling for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to intervene to push Ethiopia to sign a binding agreement on the GERD negotiations before Ethiopia began the second filling of the mega day this summer.

A statement by the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the resolution was a repeat of the Arab States "misguided positions on the GERD," and said that "as a result of its egregious support to the baseless claims of Egypt and the Sudan regarding the GERD, the League of Arab States has already squandered its opportunity to play a constructive role."

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