Beida CBL chief says new banknote issuance in coming week

By Libya Herald reporters.

Benghazi, 29 May 2016:

The new Libyan dinars printed in Russia for the Beida-based Central Bank of Libya are . . .[restrict]to come in to circulation during the coming week.

The bank’s governor, Ali Al-Hebri, today said that the new notes would start to be distributed to banks in the east of Wednesday and in the west of the country on Sunday.

Three days ago the Presidency Council reversed its opposition to the new currency after it had received assurances that the new banknotes would be distributed evenly throughout the country. [/restrict]