Bank of Russia includes Egyptian pound in currency exchange rates list

The Russian Central Bank has approved the inclusion of the Egyptian pound in the official exchange rates against the rouble.

Russian central bank to set official rates for 9 new currencies including EGP

The Russian news agency “Sputnik” quoted the statement of the Russian Central Bank on Wednesday, that the list of foreign currencies whose price is officially set against the rouble now includes 9 currencies.

The central bank added that it would now set daily official exchange rates for the rouble against nine currencies, including the Emirati dirham, Thai baht and Indonesian rupiah.

The first official exchange rates would be set on Wednesday, it added. The additions take the total number of currencies the Russian central bank sets official daily rates for to 43, according to a list on its website.

The other currency pairs to be included are: the Vietnamese dong, Serbian dinar, New Zealand dollar, Georgian Lari, Qatari Rial and Egyptian pound.