“The State Department imposes visa restrictions on individuals from the People's Republic of China, including heads of state-owned enterprises and officials of the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army's Navy who are responsible for or involved in either the large-scale development, construction or militarization of disputed outposts in the South China Sea, or pressure from the PRC on those presenting their demands from Southeast Asia in order to limit their access to shelf resources in the South China Sea, "RIA Novosti quoted Pompeo as saying.

Family members are also subject to restrictions.

Earlier, the Chinese Foreign Ministry called the situation with the impeachment of the President of the United States Donald Trump as the internal affair of the United States.