On August 9, 2019 Ambassador Jayatilleka paid a visit to the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS). Established in 1992 by the President of the Russian Federation the Institute has become a major scientific-research and analytical centre with its mission to provide information support to the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, the Federation Council, the State Duma and the Security Council as well as to Government offices, ministries and departments. Now RISS has more than 10 centers including Centre for Asia and Pacific Region which do analysis and predict trends in political and socio-economic processes at global and regional levels.

The guests were received by Mikhail Fradkov, Director of RISS, and Konstantin Kokarev, Head of the RISS Centre for Asia and Pacific Region. Mikhail Fradkov is a holder of PhD in Economics, who held the posts of Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Russian Government and in 2017 was appointed Director of the Institute by the President of the Russian Federation.
Ambassador Jayatilleka and Doctor Fradkov had a comprehensive discussion on the pressing issues of world order architecture, great power relations, current situation in Asia with a special emphasis on strategy and international security.