On Monday, April 15, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia will be closed on account of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. The Embassy will resume its operation on Tuesday, April 16.

On April 11, 2019 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka paid a visit to Ambassador of the Republic of the Union Myanmar to the Russian Federation H.E. Ko Ko Shein. Prior to assuming the post of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Moscow, H.E. Ko Ko Shein served as Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative of Myanmar Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, twice in the Myanmar Mission to the United Nations in New York, and as Deputy Head of Mission/First Secretary in Cambodia.

On April 9, 2019 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation H.E. Woo Yoon Keun, a veteran politician with a doctoral degree in Law who served as Secretary-General of the National Assembly and held other major posts in the National Assembly during his three consecutive terms as a lawmaker. As a representative of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD) Ambassador Woo Yoon Keun was a prominent policymaker of the NPAD.