The Republic of South Sudan established relations with sovereign states and international organizations following independence on 9 July 2011.
[12][13][14] List of countries which South Sudan maintains diplomatic relations with: The United States upgraded its Juba consulate to an embassy on 9 July 2011,[103] as did France.
South Sudan has also either applied or is in the process of applying to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa,[113] the Commonwealth of Nations,[114] the East African Community,[115] the Intergovernmental Authority on Development,[113] the International Monetary Fund,[116] and the World Bank.
[119] it may also seek membership in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, which has expressed interest in giving South Sudan admission[120] despite not being a majority Muslim state.
On 24 July 2011, President Salva Kiir told the Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly that he hoped the EAC will consider expediting South Sudan's accession to the supranational organisation.
South Sudan is considered very likely to join the EAC, but an exact timetable for admission had not yet been mooted publicly.
[124] Essam Sharaf, Prime Minister of Egypt after the Arab Spring-inspired revolution in 2011 made his first foreign visit to Khartoum and Juba in the lead-up to South Sudan's secession.
[128] Prior to independence relations between the two states were fostered through cultural contacts such as the presence of South Sudanese students in Uganda.
[183] Israel is host to thousands of refugees from South Sudan, who are now ready to return to their native country.