US State Department denies there are visa restrictions on Palestinian minister

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told CBS News on Friday that “United States immigration law does not include any provisions that prohibit individuals from speaking to the press, & we have imposed no restrictions that prohibit individuals from speaking to the press”.

The statement comes after Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, said on Friday that Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki was not allowed to answer press questions because of new terms imposed by the US government on his visa.