Uganda signed a security agreement for exchanging military information with Egypt, in light of the escalating tension between Cairo and Addis Ababa over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
The Ugandan army said in a statement that the agreement was concluded between the Egyptian Intelligence Service and the Headquarters of Military Intelligence of the Ugandan Defense Forces.
For his part, Major General Sameh Saber Al-Degwi, who headed the Cairo delegation to the capital Kampala recently, said that Uganda and Egypt share the Nile, and cooperation between the two countries is inevitable, and stressed that what affects Ugandans in one way or another affects Egypt, according to the same statement.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian authorities did not issue an immediate comment on the Ugandan statement.
Earlier, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi warned of the risks of conflict due to the Renaissance Dam that Addis Ababa is building on the Blue Nile, one of the tributaries of the Nile River.
On March 9, Ethiopia rejected a Sudanese proposal, supported by Egypt, to form a quadripartite international mediation, including the United Nations, the United States, and the European and African Union, to resolve the stalled negotiations over a period of 10 years.
Addis Ababa insists on a second filling of the dam with water, next July, even if no agreement is reached, while Cairo and Khartoum adhere to first reaching a tripartite agreement that preserves their water facilities and ensures the continued flow of their annual share of the Nile water, which amounts to 55.5. And 18.5 billion cubic meters, respectively.