{"id":33108,"date":"2026-04-21T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=33108"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:12:00","slug":"russia-backs-south-sudans-december-elections-pledges-electoral-training-in-moscow-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=33108","title":{"rendered":"Russia Backs South Sudan\u2019s December Elections, Pledges Electoral Training in Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/op.gov.ss\/storage\/news\/5348f10c-c0a8-406a-9ddc-b9af5ae50b0f.webp\" alt=\"Russia Backs South Sudan\u2019s December Elections, Pledges Electoral Training in Moscow\" \/><\/p>\n<p>JUBA, APRIL 21, 2026 &ndash; Minister of Presidential Affairs Hon. Africano Mande Gedima received Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky to review bilateral relations between Juba and Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador described ties as constructive, grounded in mutual respect, sovereignty, and non-interference. He reaffirmed Russia&#8217;s full support for South Sudan&#8217;s December elections and confirmed that South Sudanese electoral officials will undergo training in Russia. Moscow also expressed readiness to expand political, business, and cultural engagement.<\/p>\n<p><span>Presidential Press Secretary Arek Aldo Ajou welcomed the commitment, noting discussions also covered economic development and investment opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Office of the President, Republic of South Sudan (op.gov.ss)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUBA, APRIL 21, 2026 &ndash; Minister of Presidential Affairs Hon. Africano Mande Gedima received Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky to review bilateral relations between Juba and Moscow. The Ambassador described ties&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-office-of-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}