Moscow-Sana
The Russian Foreign Ministry denied US allegations in which it accused the Russian side of falsifying money sent to Libya, describing the American allegations as "fake".
The Russia Today website quoted the ministry as saying in a statement today: “The official statement of the US State Department caught our attention on the confiscation of the Libyan authorities by a quantity of Libyan dinars, which were printed by the Russian state company Goznak to print banknotes, where we confirm that the Libyan currency mentioned is not counterfeited, but American statements are forged. Stressing that these funds are "necessary" to maintain the stable performance of the entire Libyan economy.
The statement added that a contract for the printing of Libyan dinars was signed in 2015 between Guznak and the President of the Libyan Central Bank, and the Libyan Parliament ratified the document. Because under conditions of dual power in Libya, there are at present two central banks in the country, one in Tripoli and the other in Benghazi.
For its part, the Russian Guznak company for printing banknotes said that the authorities of Malta violated international law by holding a shipment of printed money according to a contract with the Libyan Central Bank.
The United States recently claimed that Malta intercepted a group of counterfeit money printed by the Guznak Foundation equivalent to a value of $ 1.1 billion earmarked for the Libyan government stationed in the east of the country.
Libya has been suffering since NATO aggression against it in 2011, a state of chaos and lawlessness in light of the proliferation of weapons and terrorist organizations trying to impose their influence and control on various cities and regions, especially in the capital Tripoli, which is spread by militias of the government of reconciliation supported by the Turkish regime.
