On July 15, while in Juba, the first President of Kalmykia, sixth President of FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, in a telephone conversation with our correspondent, told us about the details of the meeting with the South Sudan President Salvatore Kiir Mayardit.
Attending the meeting with the President were National Security Adviser Tut Gatluak Manime, Presidential Special Envoy-Ambassador Albino M. A Aboug and Executive Director of the President's Office Mr. James Val.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov thanked the President of the Republic of South Sudan Salvatore Kiir Mayardit for the business-like and constructive conversation. The implementation of the Chess in Schools programme was also discussed.
At the suggestion of the President, after the official part of the meeting, a game of chess was played. According to Ilyumzhinov, the game turned out to be interesting and ended in a draw. The trip to the countries of the African continent continues.
