- Sunday, March 02, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Indian president Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday (5) said South Sudan can benefit from the Indian experience in parliamentary democracy, including drafting of a new constitution, and that India will extend the African nation full support in the process.
Welcoming a parliamentary delegation from the country, which gained independence from Sudan in July 2011, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, Murmu said India is proud to be a major troop contributor to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
The delegation is led by a speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly of South Sudan, Jemma Nunu Kumba.
“The president said that South Sudan can benefit from India’s experiences in parliamentary democracy in its ongoing political process, including the drafting of a new Constitution. She further said that India would extend its full support to South Sudan in this process,” a statement from Rashtrapati Bhavan said.
Underlining the cordial and friendly relations between India and South Sudan, Murmu said apart from peace missions, Indian soldiers are playing an important humanitarian role and contributing to furthering relations between the two countries.
India is determined to be a reliable development partner for South Sudan, she added and expressed confidence that the youth of South Sudan would take advantage of the training and capacity-building opportunities provided by Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation and Indian Council For Cultural Relations scholarship programmes.
(With inputs from PTI)
