Cuban Council of Ministers Meeting Focuses on Economic Issues

Havana, Cuba, Oct 23.- Army General Raul Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers, led Saturday the Cabinet meeting that focused on issues vital to the country's economy.

As Granma newspaper reported today among the measures approved was the improvement of the Ministry of Agriculture, both in its business area as in the budgeted one.

Leonardo Andollo, deputy chief of the Permanent Commission for Implementation and Development of the Guidelines, this process lasted over two years and began with a thorough diagnosis that revealed the complexity of the problems affecting production and economic results of the sector.

Both the diagnosis and subsequent studies involved directors and officers of the Agriculture Ministry, agricultural, forestry and tobacco labor unions, as well as representatives of various agencies of the Central Government.

The Council of Ministers also discussed the issue of monetary and exchange rate unification, aspect that Granma published an official note with more details.