An official delegation headed by the Director General of Customs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka visited Moscow these days to participate in the annual International Customs Forum. The delegation also included Ambassador P.M. Amza, Head of the Lankan Diplomatic Mission in Moscow and Mr Pandula De Zoysa, Minister of the Embassy.

Sri Lanka congratulates your Excellency President Vladimir Putin as Chair of the 16th BRICS Summit and for hosting this outreach BRICS PLUS Dialogue.
I also bring you greeting from His Excellency President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was elected as the 9th Executive President of Sri Lanka last month. His Excellency President Dissanayake conveys to you his appreciation for this invitation extended to Sri Lanka

Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane represented Sri Lanka at the BRICS Plus Outreach Dialogue convention held in Kazan, 24 October 2024, following the conclusion of the BRICS Summit 22-24 October 2024.

Following signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Volga Institute of Administration (branch of RANEPA) and Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, on 24 October 2024 the sides held an online working-level meeting.

Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane had a productive meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey A Ryabkov of the Russian Federation on the sidelines of BRICS Outreach Summit.

Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane, accompanied by Ambassador P.M. Amza, Head of Sri Lankan Mission in the Russian Federation, had a bilateral meeting with Mr. Ma Zhaoxu, Member of the CPC Committee of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China on the sidelines of the BRICS Outreach Summit in Kazan.