Uganda, May 24 -- Ethiopia has said a resolution adopted by the recent Summit of the League of Arab States would only escalate the long-standing Nile water dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt.

In a statement issued Monday night, the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted "with dismay that the resolution adopted by the recent Summit of the League of Arab States echoed Egyptian hostile rhetoric regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)."

Addis Ababa's response comes few days after leaders of the Arab League States meeting in Saudi Arabia told Ethiopia to refrain from taking unilateral actions that would harm water interests of Egypt and Sudan.

The Arab leaders told Ethiopia to halt filling and operation of the dam untill t...