A spokesman for the Russian Goznak Company for Money Printing, Gleb Rudenko, of the Russian Ministry of Finance, told our source today, Tuesday, that “Goznak Company is open to cooperation with central bankers in Libya, and at the same time, we consider that it is premature to talk about future contracts with clients from Libya.”
Rudenko assured that the international commercial banknote market is a buyer’s market, in which the source of offers is gathered from market participants and the decision is often made on the basis of the bid.
He continued by saying that “we are following the developments of the situation in Libya with regard to the printing of banknotes and at the moment we inform you that in accordance with generally accepted business practices of the international banknote market as well as confidentiality requirements, all information related to banknotes is provided by its official issuer.”