Egypt has pledged to finance and mobilise investment for water-related infrastructure at the Nile basin in Uganda, in step with a joint communiqué issued on Wednesday following high-level ministerial talks in Cairo.
The Egyptian aspect reaffirmed its readiness to give you the investment in the course of the Nile Building Fund to succeed in mutual get advantages and “win-win cooperation,” whilst adhering to the duty to not purpose important hurt. The dedication was once made all over the 3rd spherical of “2+2” ministerial consultations between the 2 international locations, led by means of Egyptian International Minister Badr Abdelatty and Minister of Water Sources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam.
The Ugandan delegation, led by means of Minister of State for Global Affairs Okello Henry Oryem and Minister of State for Water Beatrice Atim Anywar, met with their opposite numbers to check bilateral members of the family and regional safety.
Each events reaffirmed their dedication to expedite the implementation of technical cooperation in built-in water assets control, according to a memorandum of figuring out signed in August 2025. This adopted the results of a Joint Steerage Committee assembly hung on March 30, 2026, meant to toughen sustainable construction in Uganda.
Relating to Nile basin governance, the 2 international locations welcomed a growth document from the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) Particular Committee. The committee is tasked with enticing NBI member states that experience now not ratified the Cooperative Framework Settlement (CFA). The ministers said their toughen for endured engagements geared toward selling consensus and inclusivity amongst all Nile basin states.
The discussions additionally addressed regional balance, particularly the eventualities within the Horn of Africa, the Crimson Sea, and the Nice Lakes. The events reiterated their adherence to the rules of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence in response to the United International locations Constitution and the African Union Constitutive Act.
At the financial entrance, the ministers deliberated on tactics to operationalise agreements in different sectors, together with agriculture, farm animals, petrochemicals, mining, prescribed drugs, and clinical provides. They inspired the Egyptian and Ugandan personal sectors to extend bilateral industry and funding by means of development on the result of the 2025 Egypt-Uganda Trade Discussion board.
Cooperation programmes involving the Egyptian Company for Partnership for Building, the Cairo Global Heart for Warfare Answer, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, and more than a few diplomatic and defence faculties in each international locations also are set to be enhanced.
The communiqué showed {that a} 3rd consultation of the Egypt-Uganda Joint Ministerial Fee will probably be held in Kampala in August 2026, adopted by means of a fourth spherical of two+2 ministerial consultations in Uganda all over the overall quarter of the yr.
