Washington, March 19 -- The US State Department has rubbished reports of imposing a travel ban or putting visa restrictions on citizens of 43 nations. There is no such proposal under consideration.

There is no list. What people are looking at over these last several days is not a list that exists here that is being acted on, the State Department spokesperson stated.

She further explained that the review is part of an ongoing process to evaluate visa policies and improve US security.

The spokesperson's response follows the emergence of a draft list that reportedly includes countries, such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, categorised into three groups, each subject to different levels of travel restrictions.

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