Egypt, Uganda agree to share military intelligence
A military intelligence cooperation agreement between Egypt and Uganda comes just days after the failure of the Kinshasa negotiations regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis.
Two days after the failure of the Kinshasa negotiations April 6 in the Democratic Republic of Congo regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis, Cairo concluded a military intelligence cooperation agreement with Uganda, at the Ugandan intelligence headquarters in the capital, Kampala. The negotiations brought together the three GERD deadlocked countries — Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia.
Under the agreement, Egypt and Uganda will exchange intelligence information on a regular basis. This comes amid heightened tension over the GERD.
The head of Ugandan military intelligence Maj. Gen. Abel Kandiho confirmed in an April 7 statement that the agreement is a continuation of cooperation between the Egyptian and Ugandan intelligence agencies for regular exchange of information, essential to combat terrorism and other crimes.
“Uganda and Egypt share the Nile and cooperation between them is inevitable, since what affects Ugandans will affect Egypt in one way or another,” said the No. 2 of Egyptian military intelligence, Maj. Gen. Sameh Saber El-Degwi, who headed the delegation to Uganda.
