The United Nations General Assembly meets Wednesday in plenary session for the first of two days devoted to considering the draft resolution calling for an end to the U.S. blockade against Cuba.

The Cuban banking and financial system continues to be one of the main targets of the U.S. government's aggressive measures, according to a press article.

The Council of State of Cuba passed two decrees and looked into the implementation of regulatory provisions in an ordinary session, chaired by Esteban Lazo, the body's president.

Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs and National Security of the Council of the Republic Sergei Rachkov met with the parliamentary delegation of the Republic of Cuba on the sidelines of the 147th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Luanda, Angola, on 25 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper house of parliament.