Egypt’s intelligence chief heads to Sudan amid stalled Nile dam talks
Egypt’s head of the General Intelligence Service Maj. Gen. Abbas Kamel visited Sudan at a time when Khartoum boycotted the recent Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam negotiations.
CAIRO — Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi dispatched the head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service Maj. Gen. Abbas Kamel to Sudan on Jan. 4 to discuss regional files and developments in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations.
During his Jan. 4 visit to Khartoum, Kamel met with head of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Vice President of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and head of the Intelligence Service in Sudan Gen. Jamal Abdul Majeed.
The meetings focused on bilateral cooperation between Egypt and Sudan in various fields and tackled the regional developments and the GERD file.
While Kamel reiterated Egypt’s keenness to continue its support for Sudan in all fields, Burhan praised Egypt’s role in supporting Sudan.
