In a difficult economic situation, Russia continues to search for new markets and promotes cooperation with long-standing trade partners. His Excellency Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation tells Russian Business Guide about plans for active cooperation between the two countries.

Industry and Commerce Secretary T.M.K.B. Thennakoon (right) and Russian Agriculture Deputy Minister and Head of Federal Agency for Fishery Ilya Shestakov (left) exchanging the agreed minutes of first Sri Lanka-Russia Intergovernmental Joint Commission on Trade, Economic, Science and Technical Cooperation in Moscow on February 12

International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women get felicitations for their achievements without regard to national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political divisions.