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| Tuesday, 19 February 2002 |
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Forty five years of diplomatic relations between Russia and Sri Lanka by Mickhail Konarovskiy, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka February 19, 2002, is a significant date in the history of Russian -
Sri Lankan ties. Forty five years ago on this very day both countries (the
then USSR and Ceylon) decided to establish diplomatic relations that
boosted the speedy development of mutually beneficial bilateral contacts
in various spheres. The first Ambassador of our country in Sri Lanka was
Mr. V. Yakovlev, well-known Russian diplomat. His book regarding the years
he has spent in Colombo, is still of much interest up to our days. Other Stories |
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