📰 CBS Governor: New Banknotes to Feature Raised Printing for Visually Impaired

Governor of the Central Bank of syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria (CBS), Abdulkader al-Husrieh, stated on Wednesday that emerging banknotes will feature raised printing to meet the needs of visually impaired people. In a Facebook post, al-Husrieh stated: “In a long-awaited relief step, we have decided to include a raised printing feature in the emerging syrian-authorities-arrest-suspect-in-tadamon-massacre/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 Syrian authorities arrest suspect in Tadamon massacre">syrian/" class="auto-internal-link">syrian banknotes, allowing visually impaired people to easily and independently distinguish currency denominations. ” The bank’s governor explained that he had contacted Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Kabawat, who informed him of requests from people with visual impairments to include Braille on the new currency.

He verified that this request was legitimate and expressed a genuine need that could not be ignored. Additionally, a week ago, al-Husrieh declared that CBS will introduce a new series of banknotes in six denominations, featuring no images or symbols, as part of efforts to modernize the national currency and improve transparency.