Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, Secretary General Sri Lanka – Russia Friendship Society, Adviser to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Russia in 2015-2018 will be awarded with Medal from Ministry of Foreign affairs of Russian Federation for many years of fruitful work on the development traditionally friendly relations between Russia and Sri Lanka on 25 November 2021 at the Moscow Government Building (Novy Arbat Street, 36).
Medal for International cooperation and coordination is awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation and foreign citizens for active joint work with Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation to promote cooperation and services in the development of bilateral relations between the Russian Federation and foreign partners, assistance in strengthening peace and friendly relations
between states.
Previously the award has been given to selected citizens from Slovenia, India, France, Bulgaria, etc. for their significant contribution to the preservation of peace, friendship and cooperation between peoples. From Sri Lanka – Dr. Saman Weerasinghe. On the same day The award will be also presented to Hero of the Russian Federation, Cosmonaut Valery Tokarev.
On Behalf of Foreign Ministry Affairs Semyon Grigoriev, Director of the Department for Relations with the Subjects of the Federation, Parliament and Public Associations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation will handover the award to Dr. Saman Weerasinghe.
The event will be attended by Russian eminent personalities and government figures, scientists and cultural figures, representatives of Russian and Foreign Media, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation, Prof. Janitha Abewickrema Liyanage.
