Egypt will never allow Nile water to be touched: El-Sisi to Uganda president
Tuesday 12 Aug 2025
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Tuesday that Egypt will never allow its share of Nile water, which sustains 105 million Egyptians and about 10 million guests, to be touched.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi speaks during a joint press conference with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Cairo Egypt. Al-Ahram.
Speaking at a joint press conference in Cairo with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, El-Sisi underlined Egypt’s complete rejection of unilateral measures in the Eastern Nile Basin.
“Anyone who imagines that Egypt will turn a blind eye to an existential threat to its water security is mistaken, We will continue to monitor the situation and take all measures to safeguard our people’s existential resources,” El-Sisi warned.
El-Sisi’s remarks were referring to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
El-Sisi recalled Museveni telling him that in Uganda, Egypt means "the garden." "This garden has no other water source than the Nile—we have no rain," he said. “No one can imagine that Egypt would abandon it. Giving up any part of it would mean giving up our life—and that will never happen."
“Once again, I reassure Egyptians that we will never allow the waters that sustain 105 million Egyptians and about 10 million guests to be touched. We do not call them refugees,” El-Sisi concluded.
Source: Egypt media outlets.