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Russian Special Envoy in southern Sudan
Tue, January 27 2009
By MRC/GOSS [Juba - Sudan]
JUBA, Sudan (Jan 26) - A high level delegation from the Russian Federation was received yesterday morning by the Minister of Regional Cooperation. The delegation was led by the head of the Council of the Federation Committee for Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of the Russian president, Mr. Michail Margelov, who is accompanied on his six-day trip to Sudan by Mr. Alexey Volin and Mr. Evgeny Gaverdovsky - experts of the Council of the Federation - as well as 8 representatives of the Russian mass media.

In a press statement to the local media, Mr. Margelov stated that a political dialogue is more productive than any fight, and that his country believed in building bridges. He mentioned that their visit is on a positive note and their task in southern Sudan is to see how they can assist in development. Mr. Margelov revealed that Russia would be closely involved in the UN Security Council meetings and that their visit will help in creating an opinion: having their own views on what the situation is really like on the ground. On a Final note he thanked the Government of Southern Sudan for the several meetings to take place with the senior government officials.

“This is the first time for a high level Russian delegation to visit Juba,” Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, the Minister of Regional Cooperation noted to the Media. The minister mentioned that Russia has a role to play in assisting in the development of southern Sudan, and that Sudan - both North and South - has a lot to learn from the Russian Federation.

On the morning of their arrival they met with the First Vice President of the Republic of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan, H.E Salva Kiir Mayardiit, as well as the Deputy Secretary-General of the SPLM Southern Sector, and the Minister of Presidential Affairs in the southern Sudan government.

The Russian delegation was also scheduled to meet with the Speaker of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly on January 26.

 

 

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