{"id":75,"date":"2026-06-18T07:25:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=75"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:12:39","slug":"russia-backs-south-sudans-december-elections-pledges-electoral-training-in-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"Russia Backs South Sudan\u2019s December Elections, Pledges Electoral Training in Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba900a1f-103a-48db-ba4f-b40e7c379807-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba900a1f-103a-48db-ba4f-b40e7c379807-scaled.webp 2560w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba900a1f-103a-48db-ba4f-b40e7c379807-300x200.webp 300w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba900a1f-103a-48db-ba4f-b40e7c379807-1024x683.webp 1024w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba900a1f-103a-48db-ba4f-b40e7c379807-768x512.webp 768w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba900a1f-103a-48db-ba4f-b40e7c379807-1536x1024.webp 1536w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba900a1f-103a-48db-ba4f-b40e7c379807-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">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 class=\"p2\">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 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Presidential Press Secretary Arek Aldo Ajou welcomed the commitment, noting discussions also covered economic development and investment opportunities.<\/span><\/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":102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","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=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}