Head of the Muslims of Russia condoles with Sri Lanka, calls Ambassador Jayatilleka ‘brother’
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On May 6, 2019 the official opening of the XIV Ramadan Tent, Muslim cultural event took place at the Memorial Mosque on Poklonnaya Hill near the Victory Museum, Moscow.
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka were invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Ramadan Tent by the Mufti of Russia Sheikh Ravil Gainutdin, the Head of the Spiritual Assembly of the Muslims of Russia, and Mufti of Moscow Ildar-hazrat Alyautdinov, who chairs the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Moscow.
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The Embassy expresses condolences in the wake of the plane fire at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow on May 5th
The Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation expresses its deepest condolences to those who lost relatives and friends in the tragic plane fire that took place at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow on May 5, 2019, claiming lives of 41 people.
The Embassy also wishes the passengers of the flight SU 1492, injured in the plane blaze, a speedy and full recovery.
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Ambassador Jayatilleka condoles on the loss of Vietnam’s former President whose career spanned the wars against France, the USA and Cambodia
On May 6, 2019 a Book of Condolence was open at the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Moscow for General Le Duc Anh, the former President of Vietnam, who had died aged 99.
General Le Duc Anh was a communist veteran of Vietnam's wars against France's colonial rule and American forces propping up the South, but later presided over the restoration of diplomatic relations with former enemies. In 1975 he marched through Vietnam's former southern capital of Saigon at the head of the parade celebrating the victory of the north, an end of a decade-long war and the country's long dreamed-of reunification.
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