"In accordance with the principle of reciprocity, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation informs the national and international community that, with immediate effect, the Government of the Republic of Mali will apply the same conditions and requirements to US nationals as those imposed on Malian citizens, the Malian ministry said in a statement. Burkina Faso's foreign minister, Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore, in a separate statement similarly cited a reciprocity rule for his country's visa ban."
"The US directive issued on December 16 expanded full US visa bans to citizens of five nations other than Mali and Burkina Faso: Laos, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Syria. Travellers holding travel documents issued by the Palestinian Authority were also banned from entering the US under the order. The US cited the countries' poor screening and vetting capabilities, information-sharing policies, visa overstay rates and refusal to take back their deported nationals for the ban."
Mali and Burkina Faso have applied immediate, full visa bans on United States nationals citing reciprocity after the US expanded visa restrictions. Both West African states are governed by military authorities and enacted the measures as mirror responses to US actions. The US expanded its visa bans on December 16 to include several countries and barred some travel documents, citing national security concerns. The US cited poor screening and vetting, weak information-sharing, high visa overstay rates, and refusal to accept deported nationals as reasons. Mali, Burkina Faso and neighbouring Niger have faced persistent violence from armed groups linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL.
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