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Egypt boosts ties with Tanzania amid ongoing Nile dam dispute

Egypt is boosting ties with the Nile Basin countries while Ethiopia inches toward the third filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam without an agreement with the downstream countries.

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on June 9, 2022, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Liberata Mulamula in Cairo.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received on June 9, 2022, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Liberata Mulamula in Cairo. — Egyptian State Information Service

CAIRO — Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Liberata Mulamula visited Cairo June 9, where she met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to discuss ways to cement bilateral ties.

During the meeting, Sisi expressed Egypt's pride in the deep-rooted ties with Tanzania that have grown stronger in recent years and the activation of joint cooperation mechanisms in various fields.

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