Tea Promotion Unit (TPU) of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia with the support of the Sri Lanka Tea Board participated at the 30th Jubilee exhibition of food products "World Food Moscow 2021", which took place at the IEC "Crocus Expo" from 21st to 24th September 2021. Together with the Embassy, Ceylon Tea Land Pvt Ltd. and Kaushalya Tea Export Company also took part in the exhibition.

Lance Corporal Sajeewa Nuwan Kumara of the Sri Lankan Army fought his way to the bronze medal in the light fly weight (49kg) class while LAC Gayani Nisansala Kaluarachchilage of SLAF created history becoming the first Sri Lankan woman pugilist to win a bronze medal in the Middle weight category (75kg) at the 58th World Military Championships.

The speech by H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka at 76th UN General Assembly – New York, September 22, 2021

 
The video can be viewed through the following linkhttps://youtu.be/0yttqpTMkvQ

 

State Minister of Regional Co-operation Tharaka Balasuriya undertook an official visit to Ukraine from 8 – 10 September 2021, to participate in a Sri Lanka tourism promotion campaign and to discuss the potential for enhancing economic cooperation between the two countries.

State Minister of Regional Co-operation Tharaka Balasuriya undertook an official visit to Russia from 5– 8 September 2021, to participate at the opening of the Sri Lanka pavilion at the "OTDYKH Leisure Fair" and a Sri Lanka tourism promotion campaign in Moscow. Sri Lanka's participation at these events were organized by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau targeting the winter season tourists from Russia.

The Sri Lanka Embassy in Moscow arranged a meeting with PJSC Aeroflot of Russian Federation for the visiting delegation from the Ministry of Tourism & Aviation at the headquarters of Aeroflot on 03rd September 2021 in Moscow. During the meeting, officials from PJSC Aeroflot mentioned its readiness to commence a new direct service between Moscow-Colombo, which will start on 4th November 2021.