{"id":52237,"date":"2024-02-04T11:24:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T11:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-meets-with-south-african-envoy-to-discuss-elections"},"modified":"2024-02-04T11:24:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T11:24:03","slug":"kiir-meets-with-south-african-envoy-to-discuss-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-meets-with-south-african-envoy-to-discuss-elections","title":{"rendered":"Kiir meets with South African Envoy to discuss elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>John Akoon<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>President Salva Kiir met with the South African envoy Mahlodi Sam Muofh to discuss the country\u2019s election preparedness.<\/p>\n<p>According to the information from the Office of the President, the duo talked vastly about the preparations for 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Salva Kiir Mayardit on Friday held a meeting with South African Envoy, Mahlodi Sam Muofh, to discuss the preparations for the general elections in December 2024,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe head of the state reassured the South African diplomat of his government\u2019s commitment to organize free, fair, and peaceful elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It further noted that the South African ambassador also delivered a message of goodwill from President Cyril Ramphosa, who \u201csaid the electoral process will pave the way for a democratic transition for the people of South Sudan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, James Pitia, met the charge of affairs of the embassy of the South Africa, Luvuyo Mato, in his office on Friday, before the arrival of the special envoy of South African.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement from the ministry, Pitia assured Mato that any initiatives or proposals from South Africa would be received and taken into consideration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe eagerly anticipate the arrival of the special envoy to South Sudan, and they will be warmly received,\u201d Pitia was quoted in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The government of South Sudan is under the pressure to hold elections amid pressing tasks.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: The City Review South Sudan<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Akoon Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. President Salva Kiir met with the South African envoy Mahlodi Sam Muofh to discuss the country\u2019s election preparedness. According to the information from the Office of the President, the duo talked vastly about the preparations for 2024 elections. \u201cPresident Salva Kiir Mayardit on Friday held a meeting with South African [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":52235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,4580,2655,233],"class_list":["post-52237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-mahlodi-sam-muofh","tag-salva-kiir-mayardit","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kiir meets with South African Envoy to discuss elections - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kiir-meets-with-south-african-envoy-to-discuss-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kiir meets with South African Envoy to discuss elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Akoon Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. 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