Nile Basin nations call for stronger relations
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June 22, 2013 (JUBA) – Members of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) have
been urged to deepen cooperation among them to enable inhabitants of
the River Nile basin enjoy its tangible benefits.
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Minister of water resources and irrigation, Paul Mayom Akec (ST)
The call came at the end of a one-day Nile Council of Ministers
(Nile-COM) conference, which was held last Thursday in Juba, the South
Sudan capital.
The meeting, among others, addressed strategic issues to advance the
Nile cooperation as well as operational business issues within NBI
countries.
The conference, Nile-COM chairperson in a statement, resolved that
cooperation is the only way forward to achieve the shared vision of
sustainable socio-economic development, through the equitable
utilization of, and benefit from, the common Nile Basin water
resources.
“The Nile is one of the world’s great assets and its sustainable
management and development is essential if the countries of the Nile
Basin are to continue to reduce poverty and to gain economic
prosperity”, Paul Mayom Akec said in a statement.
Nile-COM, Akec further noted, applauded Sudan’s resumption in the full
participation of NBI activities, after its suspended last year over
differences with other countries on the Cooperation Framework
Agreement (CFA).
“Nile-COM members call upon the Arab Republic of Egypt to follow the
example of Sudan and return to the cooperation platform for Nile
issues, the Nile Basin Initiative that it has contributed to
building”, the statement reads in part.
Akec, also South Sudan’s minister for water and irrigation, pledged to
strengthen the Nile cooperation and work towards member states’
continued support to NBI, which he described as the only viable
mechanism for equitable resource utilisation.
The one-day conference, among others, discussed institutional
strengths of NBI countries, investment financing, transboundary water
resources analysis, donor partnerships and NBI business activities.
Meanwhile, Sudan has been earmarked as host of the next Nile-COM
meeting, expected to place, mid-next year.
Established in 1999, NBI serves as a forum through which member states
seek to develop the River Nile in a cooperative manner, share
substantial socio-economic benefits and promote regional peace and
security.
(ST)
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