WASHINGTON: The United States has issued additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials believed to have engaged in human rights abuses, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Monday.

“China’s authoritarian rulers impose draconian restrictions on the Chinese people’s freedoms of expression, religion or belief, association, and the right to peaceful assembly. The United States has been clear that perpetrators of human rights abuses like these are not welcome in our country,” Pompeo said.—Reuters