Madar (Cairo) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni discussed bilateral relations and regional issues in a phone call, according to an Egyptian presidency statement reported by Anadolu Agency on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
Sisi stressed the importance of advancing joint cooperation projects in various fields, while Museveni welcomed the progress in relations and said Uganda wanted to deepen cooperation in priority areas, the statement said.
The two presidents stressed the need to pool efforts to support political solutions to the region's crises in a way that respects state sovereignty and territorial integrity, without the statement specifying which crises, the agency said.
The call comes amid a dispute among Nile Basin countries - the river runs about 6,650 kilometres and is shared by 11 states - over the so-called Entebbe framework agreement, named after the Ugandan city, which Egypt and Sudan reject, according to Anadolu.
Cairo and Khartoum also want a binding agreement on filling and operating Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, which Addis Ababa says is unnecessary; talks between the three countries have been frozen since 2024, the agency said.
