In August 2019 the Sri Lankan Army national team made its debut at the International Army Games in Russia, the multi-faceted military 'Olympics' held, since 2015, simultaneously in a number of countries, including Russia, China, India, Iran, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. This month, the first team from the Sri Lankan Army, proudly representing Airborne Troops, Snipers and Field Chefs, have started competing with international counterparts from 35 countries, respectively, in the region of Pskov, North-West Russia (Airborne Platoon Competition), Brest, Western Belarus (Snipers' Frontier Competition) and in Moscow region (Field Kitchen Competition).

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia is happy to annouce that starting August 1, 2019 citizens of the Russian Federation, willing to visit Sri Lanka for tourist purposes, can obtain entry visas at the Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport free of charge!

On July 27-30, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva, Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, made an official trip to Russia at the invitation of the Russian Defence Ministry. This was the first visit by the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy to Saint Petersburg, Russian Navy Headquarters, thus paving a symbolic milestone on the way of the development of bilateral naval cooperation. Vice Admiral De Silva, accompanied by Captain (G) G. S. H. E. De Silva, Aide and Secretary to the Navy Commander, and Lieutenant Commander D. M. R. E. Dissanayake, Coordinating Officer and ADC to the Navy Commander, participated in the Main Naval Parade, Russia's largest-scale international ceremonial event at sea.

On July 22, 2019 H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, received Ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador H. E. Efren Arnoldo Bernal Chevez, who had previously served as the Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ambassador of El Salvador to Panama. He was also a former guerrilla commander in the ranks of the FMLN.

On July 19, 2019 a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution was hosted by the Embassy of Nicaragua in Moscow.
Her Excellency Alba Azucena Torres Mejia, Ambassador of Nicaragua to Russia, highlighted the strong and intensively developing bilateral relations between Nicaragua and the Russian Federation as well as allegiance of the two states on various issues of international concern. Ambassador Torres Mejia also spoke on the role of the Sandinista Revolution in the overall development of the country.

On July 9, 2019 Ambassador H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka attended the reception dedicated to the 203rd Anniversary of Independence Day in Argentina, at the invitation of the Argentinian Ambassador H.E. Ricardo Ernesto Lagorio and his spouse Mrs. Alejandra Maria Rodriguez Galan.