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.

Foreign Secretary A. Wijewardane, who is currently in Kazan to take part in the BRICS Plus Outreach Summit, had a productive meeting with HE Dilma Rousseff, President of the New Development Bank.

Foreign Secretary Ms. Aruni Wijewardane met Ambassador Ragui El-Etreby, Deputy Foreign Minister of Egypt on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit today. Discussion centred on Sri Lanka's application for joining BRICS.

Foreign Secretary Ms. Aruni Wijewardane arrives in Kazan to lead the Sri Lankan delegation at the XVI BRICS Summit Outreach/ BRICS Plus scheduled to be held on 22-24 October 2024 in Kazan, Russia