On January 28, 2019 Ambassador Jayatilleka paid a courtesy call on his Pakistani counterpart, a veteran diplomat Ambassador Qazi M. Khalilullah. Ambassador Qazi M. Khalilullah served as spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before he assumed his duty as Head of Mission in Moscow.
Ambassador Jayatilleka was warmly welcomed in the premises with more than 100 years of history.

On January 25, 2019 Ambassador H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka attended the reception dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of Republic Day in India, at the invitation of the Indian Ambassador H.E. D Bala Venkatesh Varma and his spouse Madame Vidya Datla Varma. The Constitution of India came into force on January 26, 1950. The reception was attended by representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and State Authorities, Ambassadors and Defence Attaches of foreign countries.

On January 24, 2019, Ambassador Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka paid a courtesy visit to the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Moscow and met with his colleague, H. E. Carlos Rafael Faria Tortosa.