{"id":51687,"date":"2026-04-21T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=51687"},"modified":"2026-07-20T21:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:40:40","slug":"russia-backs-south-sudans-december-elections-pledges-electoral-training-in-moscow-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=51687","title":{"rendered":"Russia Backs South Sudan\u2019s December Elections, Pledges Electoral Training in Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.has-drop-cap:first-letter{font-size:4em;line-height:0.8;font-weight:bold;float:left;padding-right:8px;color:#DC2626}<\/style>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">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<hr>\n<p><em>Source: Office of the President, Republic of South Sudan. Additional context and analysis by Juba Global News Network.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:30px 0;padding:20px;background:#f8f9fa;border-radius:8px;text-align:center\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 15px;font-size:16px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Stay Connected with Juba Global News Network<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;justify-content:center;flex-wrap:wrap\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@jubaglobal?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:#FF0000;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:6px;font-weight:600;font-size:14px\">&#9654; Subscribe on YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jubaglobal\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:#1877F2;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:6px;font-weight:600;font-size:14px\">&#128077; Follow on Facebook<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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":51688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-office-of-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51687","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=51687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51689,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51687\/revisions\/51689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}