On March 15, 2019 His Excellency Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, joined by Madame Sanja Jayatilleka, attended the roadshow in Moscow, organized by the Sri Lankan Tourism Promotion Bureau with the assistance of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia, to promote Sri Lanka as a top tourist destination in the Russian market. A similar event will be held in St. Petersburg, the cultural capital of the Russian Federation.

The 14th of March was marked by an event of importance to the present and future of bilateral academic ties as well as Sri Lanka studies in Russia. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to Russia H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, accompanied by Madame Sanja Jayatilleka, was warmly welcomed at the Institute of Asian and African Studies (IAAS) of the prestigious Moscow State University, the oldest and largest multidisciplinary university of Russia.

On March 13-15, 2019, Moscow hosts one of the largest events in the tea and coffee industry in Russia and CIS countries, Coffee & Tea Russian Expo (CTRE). It represents the whole production chain from bean and leaf to cup. The event unites key players and representatives of the coffee and tea industry in the Russian market. More than 6,000 professionals from CIS and foreign countries come together at one place and one time to share their art of producing tea and coffee and delivering it to the customer, for indeed, tea and coffee are not just consumer products, it is the art of satisfying all human senses. You have the smell for your nose, taste for your mouth, looks for your eyes, and each box or package contains in a condensed form some very special time of your life in it. It is the time that you will spend with your friends, or the time that you will prefer to spend alone, the time for good thoughts, good feelings, the time to stop and just enjoy yourselves. This is what makes it very special.