On March 6, 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka paid a courtesy call on Vyacheslav Nikonov, Doctor in History and Chair of the Committee for Education & Science, who received the guests at his office at the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Dr. Nikonov is the grandson and the biographer of Vyacheslav Molotov, prominent "Old Bolshevik" and Soviet Foreign Minister under Joseph Stalin from 1939—1949 and post-Stalin in 1953—1956.

On March 5, 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka attended the Service at the Saint Louis Roman Catholic Church dedicated to the 6th death anniversary of el Comandante Hugo Chavez, the late President of Venezuela at the invitation of the Ambassador H.E. Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa.

The first week of spring yet snowy Moscow was coloured by the brightness of paintings by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, symbols of the Latin American revolution in arts and 20th century pioneers of revolutionary movements. On March 04, 2019 Ambassador Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka admired the first large exhibition of this couple of world-famous artists, co-organized by the Fabergé Museum and the Continuity of Times Foundation in Moscow's Manège.

On February 27, 2019 the Sri Lankan business and professional community in Moscow held a dinner for H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia, Madame Sanja Jayatilleka, as well as other staff members at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia.
The community was represented by businessmen and professionals, among whom were Mr. Saman Jayamaha, Dr. Janaka Hamangoda, Mr. Hiran Karunaratne, Mr. Murad Careem, Mr. Nishantha Perera, Mr. Ganan Ganasenthan, Dr. Priyantha Bogamuwa, Dr. Tissa Kulatunga, Dr. Ranjan Fernando, Dr. Sampath Nagasinghe, Mr. Ajith Malwatte, Mr. Sanath Abeysekara, Mr. Upul Kariyawasam, and Mr. Primal Fernando.

On March 1, 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka received his Palestinian counterpart, H.E. Abdel Hafiz Nofal, previously Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Palestine to the Republic of South Africa, and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of National Economy.

On March 1, 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka had a productive luncheon discussion with Senator Konstantin Kosachev, PhD in Law, Russian politician and diplomat, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the Federation Council (Russian Parliament's uUpper House), who was the disciple and aide to the prominent Russian Foreign Minister, later Prime Minister and Academician Evgeny Primakov. Doctor Kosachev previously served as head of Rossotrudnichestvo (the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation).