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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-10-14
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[01] Varoufakis rejects reports there were any thoughts of printing new
currency during his term
[01] Varoufakis rejects reports there were any thoughts of printing new
currency during his term
Economist and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis rejected press
reports on Friday that he had any intention of printing a new currency
during his term as Greece's finance minister in 2015.
"During my time in government I was not involved in any of Prime Minister
Tsipras' meetings with Russian officials and, thus, I was not privy to
the topics discussed. But, as finance minister, I can confirm that not
only was no one approached (in Greece or abroad) to discuss the minting
of a new currency, but that we never had such an intention either,"
Varoufakis said in a statement released by his press office.
The reports concern a recently published book on French President
Francois Hollande, according to which Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may
have asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for assistance in order to
print a Greek currency. According to the book, the French president
allegedly mentioned that Putin had told him that "Greece asked us to
print drachmas in Russia because they do not have such a press."
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