Following the dispute between the Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia over the dam of Ethiopia's Blue Nile renaissance, Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière of France to the United Nations said that the Security Council would probably meet next week to discuss the crisis.

The Arab States invited the Council last month to meet to discuss the issue of the dam and Ethiopia's plans to implement the second phase of filling its reservoir this summer without an agreement with Egypt and the Sudan.

Ethiopia was not interested in the intervention of the Security Council and had instead requested that the Council refer the issue to the African Union. Ethiopia had previously rejected calls from Egypt and the Sudan for the involvement of intermediaries outside the African Union.

De Rivière, the President of the Council for the month of July, noted that the Council had little to do other than to bring the parties together to express their concerns and then encourage them to return to negotiations to reach a solution.

He said: "I do not think the Council can do more."

Ethiopia says it is placing its hopes for economic development and electricity generation on the dam, while Egypt and the Sudan are concerned and seeking to conclude a binding agreement on the filling and operation of the dam.

Egypt relies on the Nile River for up to 90 percent of fresh water, the dam is an existential threat, and the Sudan is concerned about the operation of its dams on the Nile and waterworks.