Sisi Chairs National Security Session at Egypt Forum 2026

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has led a national security session in Cairo, outlining crisis management, penal reform, and foreign policy positions.

• Sisi convened the session on the forum's third day with the prime minister and the defense, interior, and foreign ministers.
• Sisi directed the defense and interior ministries to propose initiatives for continued communication with the public.
• Sisi said Egypt's military effort is defensive, protecting Saudi Arabia's territory and not including an attack on Yemen.
• Irrigation Minister Hani Suweilam said Egypt has decided to stop negotiating with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
• Irrigation Minister Hani Sweilam said Nile Basin countries receive annual rainfall totaling about 7 trillion cubic meters.
• Sweilam added that Egypt reuses about 23.2 billion cubic meters of water annually to maximize available resources.
• The Interior Ministry outlined a five-axis plan to modernize policing through artificial intelligence and early crime detection.
• The National Emergency Management Authority said it had completed its administrative and legal framework.
• Sisi addressed efforts to improve citizens' perception of the Interior Ministry during the session.
• Sisi said the 2011 targeting of state institutions was aimed at bringing down the Egyptian state.
• Sisi called the military and the interior ministry the two wings of state security.
• Sisi affirmed Egypt's policy of non-interference and non-conspiracy and called for stability in Sudan, Libya, and Somalia.