Ambassador of Sri Lanka presented his Credentials to the President Putin
16th November, 2006
HE Udayanga Weeratunga, the newly appointed Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, presented his Credentials to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, in the Alxandrovsky Hall of the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow on, 16th November 2006. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov was also present at the Ceremony.
President Putin said that recently Russia has managed to reinforce the legal foundation of relations with Sri Lanka, which will lay the groundwork for developing comprehensively Russia’s bilateral cooperation with Sri Lanka. He also noted that Russia’s traditional contacts with Sri Lanka in the fields of fishing and agriculture were expanding. After the ceremony, the Russian President had a brief conversation with everyone after a glass of champagne.
Credentials to the President was handed the new ambassadors of eight countries: Republic of Macedonia – HE Zlatko Lechevski, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka – HE Udayanga Weeratunga, Republic of Burundi – HE Renova Ndayirukiye, Republic of Iceland – HE Benedikt Asgeirsson, Republic of Belarus – HE Vasiliy Dolgolev, Union of Myanmar – HE Min Thein, Republic of Albania – HE Todorach Lyacho, Canada – HE Ralph James Lysyshyn.
