Egypt's military ties with Sudan linked to stance on Nile River Dam
Egypt seeks to consolidate military relations with Sudan in various military fields, with Cairo and Khartoum signing most recently a military cooperation agreement and conducting joint military exercises.
A major development has recently marked Egyptian-Sudanese military relations, with Egypt’s National Organization for Military Production — affiliated with the Ministry of Military Production — and Sudan's Military Industry Corporation (MIC) signing a military industrialization cooperation agreement on Nov. 20.
The military cooperation agreement came on the sidelines of a visit by a Sudanese military delegation, led by MIC Deputy Director-General Brig. Gen. Mutasim Abdullah al-Hajj, on Nov. 20 to the National Organization for Military Production headquarters and a number of military production companies in Egypt. The Sudanese delegation visited a number of departments at Military Factory 300, namely the departments of the small weapons ammunition production and the multi-machine gun production.
The Sudanese delegation also visited on Nov. 20 the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI), which includes a number of military product factories and manufacturers of other things such as cars and wood products.
During the visit, AOI head Lt. Gen. Abdel Moneim al-Terras said that “the organization is utilizing all its capabilities and technical and technological expertise so as to meet the needs of our African continent.”
