On March 19, 2019 H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, accompanied by Madame Sanja Jayatilleka, paid a call on Natalia Narochnitskaya, Doctor of Historical Sciences, who previously was Vice-Chairman of the Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee, Chairman of the Committee for the Study of the Practice and Implementation of Human Rights and Civil Liberties, worked as an editor at the Secretariat-General of the United Nations in New York, and now is the President of the Foundation for Historical Outlook in Moscow and the Head of Russia-founded Institute of Democracy & Cooperation in Paris.

On March 15, 2019 His Excellency Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, joined by Madame Sanja Jayatilleka, attended the roadshow in Moscow, organized by the Sri Lankan Tourism Promotion Bureau with the assistance of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia, to promote Sri Lanka as a top tourist destination in the Russian market. A similar event will be held in St. Petersburg, the cultural capital of the Russian Federation.

The 14th of March was marked by an event of importance to the present and future of bilateral academic ties as well as Sri Lanka studies in Russia. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka to Russia H. E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, accompanied by Madame Sanja Jayatilleka, was warmly welcomed at the Institute of Asian and African Studies (IAAS) of the prestigious Moscow State University, the oldest and largest multidisciplinary university of Russia.