On January 21, 2021, Gp Capt Uditha Piyasena, Counsellor, Defence, at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow, met his counterpart from the Republic of Belarus, Col Yevgeny Artemenko to discuss ways of furthering defence cooperation between the two countries.

 

 

Online meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation Meegahalande Durage Lamawansa and Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev,

Cultural Section of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow organized the Thai Pongal day celebration on 14 January 2021. This is the harvest festival celebrated by the Hindu community all around the world. Sri Lanka, being a multi-national and a multi-religious country, celebrates festivals of many beliefs and Thai Pongal is one of the most remarkable festivals, which is arranged to appreciate the nature, the sun and cattle for helping to get a rich harvest.