Sri Lanka Navy's Naval and Maritime Academy Delegation (Trincomalee) led by Commodore Kalana Jinadasa, NMA Commandant, accompanied by the Heads of the Academy's Anti-Submarine Warfare, Gunnery and Logistics Programmes, is in Russia this week to inaugurate the series of reciprocal visits of the Sri Lanka Navy Naval and Maritime Academy and the principal Miltary Education & Research Centre of the Russian Navy – the Admiral N. Kuznetsov Naval Academy, stationed in St. Petersburg.

Sri Lankan delegation headed by Thusitha Wanigasingha, Additional Secretary, (Law & Order) participated at the INTERPOLITEX-2019 exhibition, which commenced on October 23, 2019, at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre in Moscow. "INTERPOLITEX" is the largest exhibition in Russia and one of the largest in Europe, dedicated to the means of protecting state and public security.

On October 22-25, 2019 Mr. Thusitha Wanigasingha, Additional Secretary (Law and Order) of the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence visited Russia, heading a Sri Lankan delegation at the International Exhibition of Means of State Security Provision "INTERPOLITEX 2019", held in Moscow.
In the course of their visit, the delegates paid a call on Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Moscow, who, in turn, hosted the officials for dinner. During these engagements, the delegates shared their thoughts on the INTERPOLITEX 2019 Exhibition, commending the Russian government on successful organization of an event of such international magnitude, and briefed H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka on the meetings with representatives of Russian authorities.

The Head of the Department of International Cooperation of the South Ural State University, Ms. Yuliya Valeryevna Shmotina called on Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka 17 October, 2019 at the Embassy. The South Ural State University (SUSU) was founded in 1943, in the midst of the Second World War, when most of the enterprises were transferred to the Eastern part of Russia with the aim of providing scientific and technical assistance to the Soviet Army.

On October 16, 2019 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka attended the lecture on Indo-Pacific concept within the framework of the course of public lectures "ASEAN Academic Days" at the invitation of Moscow State University of International Affairs (MGIMO). MGIMO is renowned as the most prestigious university in Russia for international political, legal and economic studies, with its history starting from 1944. This year MGIMO celebrates its 75-th anniversary.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka accompanied by Madame Sanja Jayatilleka paid a visit to the main monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra. The Lavra was founded in 1337 by one of the most venerated Russian saints, Sergius of Radonezh, and is now recognized as the spiritual heart of Russia.
The visit took place on October 14, 2019. On the same day orthodox Christians celebrated one of the most revered feasts, the Veil of the Holy Virgin Mary. The guests were received by His Reverence, hieromonk Agafon, the Dean of the Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra, and the hierodeacon Ioann, Deputy Head of the Pilgrimage Center.