Hon. Navin Dissanayake, Minister of Plantation Industries of Sri Lanka, met with Hon. Alexander N. Tkachev, Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation on February 07, 2017.

 Besides Hon. Alexander N. Tkachev, the Russian side was represented by Mr. Ilya Shestakov, Deputy Minister of agriculture and Head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries of the Russian Federation, and representatives of the Ministry.
At the same time, the Sri Lankan side was represented by H. E. Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia, Mr. Rohan Pethiyagoda, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tea Board, Mr. Mihindukulasooriya, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Plantation Industries, Ms. Malkanthi Welikala, Assistant Director of Sri Lanka Export Development Board, Ms. Premala Srikantha, Director (Promotion) of the Sri Lanka Tea Board, Ms. Chandima Kiriwandala, First Secretary (Commercial), and Mr. Upul Priyantha, Head of the Tea Promotion Unit of the Embassy.
During the meeting both parties discussed such matters as market access for Sri Lankan fish and other sea food products to the Russian Federation, strengthening of cooperation with the Rosselkhoznadzor, etc.