Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby announced that his country would suspend issuing visas to U.S. citizens in response to the Trump administration's decision to ban Chadians from visiting the United States.
President Donald Trump announced a visa ban on 12 countries, including Chad, accusing them of “undersuitable” screening and scrutiny and historically refusing to revoke his own citizens who covered his own in the United States, his first term reviving his first term’s signature policy.
The new ban targets Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan and Yemen.
Limits on seven other visitors will also be intensified in the new travel policy, which will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday
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Chad's president said in a Facebook post Thursday that he directed his administration to suspend visas to U.S. citizens “on the principle of reciprocity.”
“Chad has no airplanes that can be provided, there are no billions of dollars, but Chad has his dignity and pride,” Dibby said. He refers to the gift from the family of rulers, a luxury plane worth 400 million, which is a gift from the ruling family of Qatar.
The Republic of Congo says the ban is wrong
The new travel policy has sparked various responses in Africa that constitute seven of the 12 countries affected by Trump's thorough visa ban and are exempted.
In the Republic of Congo, government spokesman Thierry Moungalla said he believes the country has been affected because of the “misunderstanding” of the armed attacks against the United States, and the perpetrators “misunderstood” from the Republic of Congo.
“Obviously, Congo is not a terrorist, not the home of any terrorist, and it is not well known. So we think this is a misunderstanding and I believe that in the next few hours, the government's competent diplomatic services will be here to contact the U.S. authorities,” he said in the Brazzaville capital.
Information Minister Chernor Bah, in Sierra Leone, is committed to addressing concerns that prompted the ban.
“We will work with the U.S. authorities to ensure progress,” he added.
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