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France and Mali suspend issuing visas for their nationals

The French embassy suspended issuing new visas in the Malian capital Bamako after France's foreign ministry placed the country in a red zone of countries. © AFP - Annie Risemberg

France and Mali have suspended issuing visas to each other's citizens.

In a statement posted on X (former Twitter), Mali's foreign ministry said it would freeze new visas for French citizens at its embassy in Paris in an act of reciprocity.

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