The IX International Forum ATOMEXPO 2017 was held on June 19-21, 2017 in Moscow and Hon. Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Science, Technology and Research represented the Government of Sri Lanka in this major international forum.

ATOMEXPO 2017 gathered representatives of many countries and was used for conducting meetings and negotiations between the worldwide leaders of the nuclear power industry.
The Expo was organized by the Russian State Atomic Energy Cooperation (ROSATOM) and the purpose of the Forum was to provide the leaders of nuclear power industry and nuclear power engineering with an opportunity to publically define the place and role of nuclear generation in the XXI century energy balance and to analyze the main challenges, issues and scenarios of development of the energy market worldwide.
Over a number of years the Forum has become one of the most important events, during which the issues of the highest current importance in the nuclear industry are discussed and the trends of its further development are formed.
The expo consists of an exhibition, round table discussions related to nuclear energy, visits to nuclear research centers and a forum to conduct bilateral relations.
In the framework of his visit to Moscow, Hon. Susil Premajayantha had a bilateral meeting with Mr. Nikolay N. Spassky, Deputy Director General for International Relations of the ROSATOM Corporation.