Sri Lanka Parliment Delegation Visit to Russia
07 September, 2009
Sri Lankan parliamentary delegation headed Minister of Mass Media Hon. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene and Minister of Nation Building Hon. Jagath Pushpakumara visited Russian Federation on September 2009. They had discussions with Representative of the Russian Federation Duma and members of the United Russia Political Party in Russian Federation.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russian Federation has produced an exclusive Audio guide CD in Russian Language with Sinhala/English short narrations about the selected popular tourist cities and places of Sri Lanka.
At a special ceremony at the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russian Federation, to mark the launch of the Audio CD, the Ambassador to Russian Federation Mr. Udayanga Weeratunga said: We are proud to have undertaken this project. I would like to take this opportunity to commend the creative team that has developed and produced this outstanding piece of work, and also thanks for the embassy staff for their valuable contribution and cooperation.
This audio CD is a humble contribution towards to promote Sri Lanka among the Russians, particularly at a time when the nation needs tourists to travel to Sri Lanka. It consists of 2 Audio CDs and most necessary information’s and history about Colombo, Kandy, and Anuradhapura etc. Using this Audio CD Russian Travelers can visit to Sri Lanka on his own and also Travel Agencies and Tour Operators can use for their conveniences.
Ambassador Udayanga Weeratunga presented copies of this Audio Guide CDs to the Minister of Media in Sri Lanka Hon. Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene and Minister of Nation Building Hon. Jagath Pushpakumara and also presented one special copy to the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa through Miss Daya Gallage , Coordinating Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka, who were participated this ceremony. Officials of the Foreign Ministry of Russian Federation, Ambassadors of the several countries and media personals also participated this reception.
