The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the Presidential Secretariat and SriLankan Airlines repatriated the second group of Sri Lankan students in the Russian Federation who had registered with the Embassy expressing their desire to return to Sri Lanka in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic on 24 May 2020 by flight UL 1206.

The group consisted of 181 passengers mostly including students from Tver and Kursk.

All returnees will be undergoing mandatory quarantine at Government quarantine centres free of charge and paid quarantine at hotels allocated for this purpose.

The Embassy expresses its gratitude to officials of the Sri Lankan and Russian government authorities, to all the representatives of the Sri Lankan community in Russia for their assistance in the coordination of the process and specifically to the representatives of University Student Unions and group leaders, who helped the Embassy in the coordination of the both flights and worked relentlessly to make them possible.

This Mission highly appreciates the work of all Embassy officials and individuals who consolidated their efforts to bring the Sri Lankans back to their families in these ttrying times.