CBL requests Foreign Ministry to instruct employees to only use official foreign exchange bureaux – calls on authorities to close unlicensed foreign exchange shops

In a letter leaked on Libyan media dated 12 February, the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Naji Issa, requested that Libya’s Minister of Foreign Affairs instruct all embassies, missions, and international organizations operating in Libya to advise their citizens to refrain from buying or selling foreign currency except through foreign exchange bureaux […] The post CBL requests Foreign Ministry to instruct employees to only use official foreign exchange bureaux – calls on authorities to close unlicensed foreign exchange shops appeared first on LibyaHerald.


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