Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov affirmed Moscow’s rejection of any harm to the Egyptian historic water rights, as he discussed in Cairo the Ethiopian dam dispute with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Monday.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Sunday that his country would take “serious” measures to protect water security and deal with any irresponsible move by Ethiopia regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

The latest signing of a tripartite cooperation program deal between Egypt, Greece and Cyprus will strengthen military coordination between the three states and allow them to act together in the face of threats in the Eastern Mediterranean, military and political analysts in Cairo said.

Sudan slammed Ethiopia’s offer as containing ‘suspicious selectivity’ on which information will be shared.

Turkey and Egypt held phone talks on Saturday after years of strained relations between the regional neighbours following a push for improved relations by Ankara.

During his successful election campaign, Biden famously pledged that under his presidency there would be “no more blank checks” for Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed “favourite dictator”.

“I am telling our brothers in Ethiopia, let’s not reach the point where you touch a drop of Egypt’s water, because all options are open,” President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said at the new administrative capital on Wednesday. “To build with each other is much better than conflict,” he continued.

Uganda and Egypt signed a military intelligence sharing agreement on Wednesday, Reuters has reported.

A number of Egyptian exiles have raised concerns that the recent rapprochement between Turkey and Egypt could impact their journalism work, specifically their freedom to express critical opinions of the Egyptian government.

Ethiopia said Wednesday it would not be deterred from impounding water at its Nile mega-dam, despite a persistent impasse with downstream countries worried about their water supply.