Sri Lanka intends to enhance ties with Russia

In order to enhance ties with Russia, the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Ali Sabry met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Sri Lanka Yury Materiy on Sunday. 

The Foreign Minister expressed his deep appreciation for Russia's support towards Sri Lanka in bilateral and multilateral fora, Colombo Gazette reported. 

Russian ambassador congratulated Sabry for his appointment and handed over a message of felicitation from the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed to the new Foreign Minister. 

The Deputy Head of Mission of the Russian Embassy in Colombo and senior officials of the Foreign Ministry were present at the meeting. 

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, while congratulating Wickremesinghe on his election as the head of the country had said that the Russian-Sri Lankan relations are of a traditionally friendly nature and Russia looks forward to developing constructive bilateral cooperation in various spheres for the benefit of our people and in the interest of strengthening regional stability and security. 

The two leaders discussed current matters of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, in particular, in energy, agriculture, and transport. 

This year marks the 65th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and Sri Lanka. 

The leaders confirmed their commitment to developing further friendly bilateral ties in the context of the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries being marked this year and agreed to continue contacts at various levels, as reported by ANI, a partner of TV BRICS.

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