On September 25, 2020, Gp Capt Uditha Piyasena, accompanied by an Embassy interpreter, attended the largest event of the combat training of the Russian Armed Forces of the year, the Strategic Command Post Exercise Caucasus-2020 ("KAVKAZ-2020"), held in the Southern Military District.

On October 05, 2020 the first video-conference was held between the Medical Faculty of University of Peradeniya and Moscow City Clinical 52 at the facilitation of Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation Prof. M.D. Lamawansa and the Embassy team, including Mr. Mohamed Anas, Deputy Head of Mission and Ms. Nirosha Herath, First Secretary of the Embassy for political, education and cultural matters.
Moscow City Clinical Hospital was represented by its President Prof. Vladimir Vtorenko, Dr. Darya Fomina, Head of Center for Allergy and Immunology, Dr. Oleg Kotenko, Head of Moscow City Clinical and Scientific Center for Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Pathology, and Ms. Tatiana Kirillova, Head of International Cooperation Department.

As part of the Government's sustained efforts at strengthening neighbourly relations, the Foreign Ministry facilitated on Friday (9/10) a high-level Chinese delegation composed of a key Political Bureau Member of the Communist Party and Diplomat Yan Jeichi along with the Chairman of China's International Development Cooperation Agency Wang Xiatao and Chinese Foreign Ministry official Cheng Song to arrive in Sri Lanka.

On September 25, 2020 a team from the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow, led by Charge d'Affaires Mr. Mohamed Anas, took part in the Fishing of Friendship at the invitation of Russian Association of International Cooperation and Russia-Sri Lanka Friendship Society.

Joint Press Statement

Mitratva Magga -Path of Friendship: Towards Growth and Prosperity

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister of India, H.E. Narendra Modi held a Virtual Summit today in which they discussed bilateral relations and regional & international issues of mutual concern.