Ambassador Jayatilleka attends the Concert by a Quintet of Igor Butman, Russia’s most renowned jazz musician
On December 9, 2019 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka attended a concert, performed by the Quintet of Mr. Igor Butman, internationally known as Russia's number one jazz personality and a virtuoso saxophonist. In June 2000, he performed in the Kremlin for President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the then President of the USA Bill Clinton during the latter's visit to Russia. President Clinton, himself a saxophonist, called Mr. Igor Butman "my favourite saxophonist anywhere in the world". In 2011 the musician was awarded a rank of People's Artist of Russian Federation for outstanding services to the Russian music by the decree of the then President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.
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Ambassador Jayatilleka participates in the discussion with Director of Carnegie Moscow Center Dr. Dmitry Trenin
On December 6, 2019 Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka attended the presentation of the book "Russia" (Polity Press, 2019) by Dr. Dmitry Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center at the invitation of Ambassador of Mexico to the Russian Federation H.E. Norma Bertha Pensado-Moreno. The discussion took place at the Embassy of Mexico in Moscow.
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Ambassador Jayatilleka delivers lecture at the Higher School of Economics
On December 4, 2019, H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, visited the Higher School of Economics to give what could be his last lecture on the foreign relations and world politics in his capacity as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. During his tenure in Russia, Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka delivered lectures at the most prominent and leading Russian educational institutions, including the well-known Moscow State University, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), famous Peoples' Friendship University (formerly known as the University of Patrice Lumumba), the Higher School of Economics, the Academy of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and others, participated in a number of very important and representative conferences to discuss the most pressing issues of international affairs and peace and stability in the world.
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