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15 February 2019 was the final day of Sri Lankan Cultural Week, organized by the Sri Lankan students at the Peoples' Friendship University in Russia (RUDN) with the support and guidance of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow. During the whole event, Sri Lankan products were exhibited, displaying Sri Lanka's scenic beauty, and its cultural values.

On February 20, 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka visited the Institute for the US and Canadian Studies of Russian Academy of Science. Founded in 1967 by Academician Georgi Arbatov, the Institute has become one of the leading think tanks providing recommendations for high-level government bodies on domestic, foreign and military policy, as well as on the issues related to restructuring of the Russian national economy.

On 14th February 2019, H.E the Ambassador of Sri Lanka and Madam Sanja Jayatilleka attended a dinner co-hosted by Mr. Dulmith Waruna, First Secretary; Ms. Chathurika Perera, Second Secretary (Commercial) and Ms. Nirosha Herath, Second Secretary of the Embassy of Sri Lanka for the Sri Lankan tea traders who have participated in the PRODEXPO 2019 Exhibition.

Group Captain Channa Dissanayake, Defence Attaché of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow, was invited to the commemoration ceremony of the 30th Anniversary of withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, which ended on February 15, 1989, in keeping with the Geneva Accords, signed by representatives of the USSR, the US, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Republic of Afghanistan.

On February 13, 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka called on Professor Sergey Karaganov, Dean and Academic Supervisor of World Economy and Foreign Affairs School, Member of the Higher School of Economics Academic Council. Doctor in World History, Institute of USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Karaganov is an Honorary Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy and a Chairman of the Valdai Discussion Club.

On February 15, 2019 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka attended the reception held on the occasion of the Statehood Day of the Republic of Serbia, which marks the anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 and the first Serbian Constitution in 1835, as well as 140 Anniversary of the establishment of the Serbian Embassy in Russia.