Ambassador Dayan Jayatilleka presented his credentials to President Putin at the Kremlin

Today, on October 11, 2018, Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka presented his Letters of Credence in a solemn ceremony bringing together the newly-appointed Ambassadors of 23 countries in the magnificent St. Alexandre's Hall of the Kremlin. The credentials were received by H. E. Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, accompanied by H. E. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Yury Ushakov, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Russian President.
H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation receives Mr. Vajira Dassanayake, Director General of the Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat
Today, 05 October 2018 Mr. Vajira Dassanayake, Director General of the Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat met with H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation in the Embassy Premises and discussed matters relating to the Hydrocarbon exploration activities in Sri Lanka.
Ambassador Jayatilleka and Sri Lankan delegation attend opening session of Russian Energy Week International Forum addressed by President Putin

The Russian Energy Week (REW) International Forum is taking place on October 3-6, 2018 in the Central Exhibition Hall 'Manège' in Moscow. The special plenary session of the Forum was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who addressed the audience with his speech "Sustainable Energy for a Changing World".
Ambassador Jayatilleka meets Mr. Ramaz Chanturiya, Head of Russia-wide Tea & Coffee Association

Mr. Ramaz Chanturiya, General Director of Rusteacoffee – the country-wide association of tea and coffee importers and producers under the wing of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, paid a courtesy call to the Ambassador H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka on October 2nd, 2018.
Sri Lankan Embassy Officials in Moscow meet with His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa

On October 1st, 2018, Sri Lankan Embassy officials met with His Holiness the Gyalwang Drukpa, environmentalist, educator and the spiritual head of the Drukpa Lineage, one of the main Buddhist schools of the Himalayas founded by the great Indian saint Naropa.
Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, participated in the familiarization visit to the Ministry for North Caucasus Affairs, along with a group of newly-appointed Head of Foreign Missions in Moscow
On September 25, the Russian Ministry for North Caucasus Affairs hosted a meeting dedicated to the perspectives of economic development as well as to the development of tourism in the territories of the North Caucasus.