On April 16, after a three-day national holiday, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the Russian Federation resumed its work by holding a ceremony in commemoration of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year that was observed by Sri Lankan people all over the world on April 14.

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.