A high-level Forum on the Internationalisation of China’s Currency (RMB) was held on October 29 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo, bringing together senior officials, economists, and financial experts from Sri Lanka and China to discuss the growing global role of the renminbi (RMB) in the international monetary system.

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday approved Cuba’s annual resolution calling for an end to the decades-long U.S. economic, commercial and financial embargo, with an overwhelming 165 countries voting in favor, seven against, and twelve abstaining.

China’s President Xi Jinping will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Busan, Republic of Korea (ROK), on October 30,

The Anti-Imperialist National Forum has called on the United Nations to intervene against what it describes as a U.S.-led conspiracy to undermine Cuba’s proposal seeking an end to Washington’s sanctions. The Forum said the United States is exerting “undue pressure” on UN member states ahead of the vote on the Cuban resolution calling for the lifting of the decades-long blockade.

Cuba has reported overwhelming international backing during the first day of debate at the United Nations General Assembly on the annual resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic, commercial, and financial blockade against the island. The vote on the resolution is scheduled for tomorrow.

On October 25 Venezuela solidarity groups around Australia turned up in defiance against the latest threats from the USA. Protests were held in Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane.

Venezuela’s National Assembly has unanimously approved a motion declaring Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, persona non grata, citing actions deemed hostile to Venezuela’s sovereignty and regional peace.

The Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka has issued a strong statement condemning an article published by Ceylon Today, calling it “false” and “one-sided” in its presentation of facts.

The United States’ economic sanctions have caused immense suffering to the people of Cuba for nearly six decades, said Dr. Wasantha Bandara, General Secretary of the Patriotic National Movement, in a statement released to the media today(27).