WATCH: State Department spokesman Ned Price says U.S. will provide aid to Haiti

U.S. State Department officials say the U.S. government will revoke visas from current and former Haitian government officials involved with criminal organizations.

Watch the briefing in the player above.

And they say the U.S. will provide security and humanitarian assistance to Haiti.

State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters in a press briefing Wednesday that, “as a friend of Haiti. The United States government is accelerating our diplomatic, humanitarian and security response.”

He added, “With these visa restrictions, we are sending a clear message that those providing support to Haitian street gangs and other criminal organizations through financial and other forms of material support, including facilitation of illicit arms and narco narcotics trafficking, along with their immediate family members, are not welcome in the United States. ”

Price briefed reporters as a U.S. delegation visited the Caribbean country that has been paralyzed by gangs and anti-government protests.

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Both the U.S. and United Nations have indicated they are considering the Haitian prime minister’s request for foreign troops to help with security, but have made no commitment.

The U.N. General Assembly meanwhile voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to condemn Russia’s “attempted illegal annexation” of four Ukrainian regions and demand that Moscow immediately reverse its actions.

The vote in the 193-member world body was 143-5 with 35 abstentions, the strongest support from the General Assembly for Ukraine and against Russia of the four resolutions it has approved since Russian troops invaded their smaller neighbor on Feb. 24.

“The idea that a land grab is not something that the world can’t countenance in the 21st century. Underscoring and preserving those principles are really at the heart of this vote,” Price told reporters.

Western nations engaged in intense behind-the-scenes lobbying ahead of the vote while Russia’s ally Syria warned against isolating Moscow.

Price also addressedThe Biden administration’s unveiling of its national security strategy vision.

The White House has laid out a national security strategy aimed at checking an ascendant China and a more assertive Russia.

That’s even as it stresses that domestic investments are key to helping the U.S. compete in the critical decade ahead.

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The administration’s release of its first national security strategy document Wednesday stresses the need for a foreign policy that balances the interests of global allies with those of middle-class Americans.

The new strategy paper also reflects the long list of crises that have left the world facing shared challenges including climate change, food insecurity, communicable diseases, and inflation.

And on the issue of oil, the State Department comments the Riyadh-led OPEC+ alliance announcement last week that it would cut oil production.

Biden said Wednesday the administration would “react to Saudi Arabia” in response to the announcement.

The president’s comments came after he said a day earlier that the Saudis would face “consequences” for the move.

Democratic lawmakers are pushing legislation that would halt U.S. military sales to the Saudis in light of the oil production cut, which White House officials say will help another OPEC+ member, Russia, pad its coffers as it prosecutes its war in Ukraine.

Biden has already begun reviewing potential actions and will consider the call for a halt on arms sales to Riyadh.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Wednesday a decision on arms sales was not imminent.