Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby has announced the suspension of the issuance of visas to U.S. citizens in response to the Trump administration’s decision to ban Chadians from visiting the U.S.
Chad was among the twelve countries slammed with a visa ban by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he accused them of having “deficient” screening and vetting, and historically refusing to take back their citizens who overstay in the United States.
The ban, which is to take effect from Monday at 12:01 a.m also affected Afghanistan, Myanmar, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
Chad Response
Responding to the ban in a Facebook post, Chad’s president said he is directing his government to suspend visas to U.S. citizens “per the principles of reciprocity.”
“Chad has no planes to offer, no billions of dollars to give but Chad has his dignity and pride,” Deby said, referring to the $400 million luxury plane offered to Donald Trump’s administration as a gift by the ruling family of Qatar.
Similarly, in the Republic of Congo, government spokesperson Thierry Moungalla said he believes his country was among those affected because of a “misunderstanding” over an armed attack in the U.S. with the perpetrators “mistaken” to be from the Republic of Congo.
“So we think that this is a misunderstanding and I believe that in the coming hours, the competent diplomatic services of the government will contact the American authorities here,” Moungalla said.
