The document earmarks 10 embassies and 17 consulates for closure, including missions in Eritrea, Luxembourg, South Sudan and Malta, according to politics outlet Punchbowl News.
Five consulates earmarked for closure are in France, while two are in Germany, Punchbowl reported. The list also includes missions in Scotland and Italy.
In Canada, US consulates in Montreal and Halifax would be downsized to “provide ‘last-mile’ diplomacy with minimal local support,” the website reported, citing the document.
US missions to international bodies such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the UN’s children’s fund, UNICEF, would be merged with the diplomatic outposts in the city where they are located.
Rubio, meanwhile, wrote on X Tuesday that the State Department had cancelled a further 139 grants worth US$214 million for “misguided programs”, citing an anti-hate speech project in Britain as one example.
