Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly arriving in Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Photo courtesy of Egyptian cabinet Facebook page.
On behalf of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, PM Madbouly will lead Egypt's delegation to the event, which is being hosted in Entebbe, Uganda.
Madbouly is scheduled to deliver Egypt's address at the summit, according to a statement from the cabinet.
The event’s agenda includes a closed meeting for heads of state and government, followed by a general session, and the adoption of the summit's joint statement.
The summit takes place within the context of the transition from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) to AUSSOM.
The summit is scheduled to discuss critical funding challenges facing the new mission, which was deployed in Somalia as of January 2025.
A 2024 UN Security Council resolution endorsed the African Union Peace and Security Council's decision to replace anti-terror ATMIS with AUSSOM.
Egypt announced its participation in the newly formed Somalia peacekeeping mission in December 2024, nearly four months after both nations signed a military cooperation protocol.
The Somali government requested the protocol, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said during a press conference in Cairo with the Somali foreign minister at the time.
"We spoke about the situation in Somalia and Egypt's support of Somalia to impose its authority and sovereignty on all Somali national land and the full refusal of any… unilateral moves that touch the unity, sovereignty and security of Somalia," Abdelatty added during the presser.
Last year, tensions increased in the Horn of Africa over Addis Ababa’s plan to establish a naval base and a commercial port in Somaliland, a breakaway entity from Somalia that Egypt does not recognize.
Egypt has repeatedly asserted its firm position supporting the unity and sovereignty of Somalia over its territories.
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