On July 27-30, Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva, Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, made an official trip to Russia at the invitation of the Russian Defence Ministry. This was the first visit by the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy to Saint Petersburg, Russian Navy Headquarters, thus paving a symbolic milestone on the way of the development of bilateral naval cooperation. Vice Admiral De Silva, accompanied by Captain (G) G. S. H. E. De Silva, Aide and Secretary to the Navy Commander, and Lieutenant Commander D. M. R. E. Dissanayake, Coordinating Officer and ADC to the Navy Commander, participated in the Main Naval Parade, Russia's largest-scale international ceremonial event at sea.

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Published: 31 July 2019

On July 22, 2019 H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, received Ambassador of the Republic of El Salvador H. E. Efren Arnoldo Bernal Chevez, who had previously served as the Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ambassador of El Salvador to Panama. He was also a former guerrilla commander in the ranks of the FMLN.

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Published: 23 July 2019