“The Sri Lankan government, private sectors and civil society look forward to working with Russia, so that we can keep the current progress  and help Sri Lanka to fulfil its potential for a peaceful and prosperous future. I genuinely hope that all these goals can be achieved, if Russia and Sri Lanka keep improving close cooperation and personally, “I will do my best to contribute to the mutual success of our nations.”  Ambassador Dr. Saman Weerasinghe

A five-member delegation led by Mr. Ilyas Mahomed-Salomovich Umakhanov, Vice Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation visited Sri Lanka from 30 November to 2 December 2015.

Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, the newly appointed Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, presented his Credentials to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, in the Alxandrovsky Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Thursday, 26th November 2015. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov was also present at the Ceremony.

On 25 November, 2015, H.E. Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia, met Mr. Igor Bryntsalov, Chairman of the Regional Duma of the Moscow City. The Moscow City Duma is the Russian Regional parliament in the city of Moscow.

H.E. Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Ambassador met on 20 November 2015 Mr. Sergei Storchak, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation at the Ministry of Finance.

Ambassador H.E. Dr. Saman Weerasinge met on 10 November 2015  Prof. Efim Pivovar, Rector of the Russian State University for the Humanities.

The Russian State University for the Humanities was established in 1991 in accordance with a Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic as the successor to Moscow State History and Archives Institute.