Saudi minister says US visa restrictions prevent Palestinian minister from addressing media

At a press conference before a meeting of Arab foreign ministers and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said that Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki is not allowed to answer press questions because of new terms imposed by the US government on his visa.

“The US government has imposed restrictions on his excellency [al-Maliki] that do not allow him to respond to media questions,” Faisal bin Farhan claimed. “I believe there are certain legal repercussions.”

MEE has not yet independently verified the new visa restrictions on al-Maliki.