By Calvin Brooks

MONROVIA, Aug. 17 (LINA) – The Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs has disclosed that the committee will engage with the United States Government through the Foreign Ministry of Liberia to consider the volume of visa restriction to Liberians.

Montserrado County Senator Abraham Darious Dillon stated that the volume of visa restriction to Liberians is very huge as he assured that both the U.S. and Liberia governments will hold talks on the matter.

Senator Dillon made the comments recently at the Capitol Building in Monrovia in an interview with legislative reporters, following a meeting between the Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sara Beysolow Nyanti.

Commenting further, Senator Dillon noted that the way Liberians are treated in the process of obtaining U.S. visas, is becoming worrisome.

He termed as humiliating the process in which Liberians wait and are interviewed over loud speakers for U.S. visas, citing that “this should be addressed with urgency.”

The Montserrado County Senator said the interviewees should be accorded some sense of respect and dignities in their own country by the American Embassy near Monrovia.

He said it is unfortunate to note that some government officials in the past traveled with individuals to the U.S. for an official function and left these individuals there, something he said is now undermining the issuance of visas to ordinary Liberians.

Senator Dillon asserted that the government will be advocating for more than one year visas to Liberians who want to travel for businesses and other related matters rather than getting only one year visa.

Senator Dillon maintained that the relationship between Liberia and America will be strengthened to benefit the people of the two nations, as he referenced the historical ties that have subsisted between the two nations.