Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, Gedu Andargachew has rejected Egypt’s call to refer the dispute over Addis Ababa’s construction of the giant Nile dam to the United Nations Security Council.

The $4.6 billion project, on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, would create the most powerful hydroelectric dam in Africa.

“The issue with the dam can be solved right here instead of taking it to the UN Security Council.

Truth be told, if they are thinking like that their issue is not with Blue Nile (dam), it is with a country called Ethiopia.

Unless this is a longing for war, the dam in fact encourages development, brotherhood, and creating ties”, the Ethiopian foreign minister added.