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- 摘要
- 国务院计划关闭日本、印尼及其他地区的领事馆
- 此次拟关闭的领馆是华盛顿罕见的收缩全球外交存在之举
- 特朗普政府去年曾考虑关闭全球近12座外交馆舍
华盛顿8月3日路透电——据知情人士透露，美国国务院已通知国会，计划关闭5座外国外交馆舍，这是美国罕见的收缩全球外交布局之举。
上述不愿具名的知情人士表示，国务院上周晚些时候向部分国会委员会发送的通知中提到，将关闭位于格林纳达圣乔治、日本名古屋、印尼棉兰、喀麦隆杜阿拉以及加拿大温尼伯的外交馆舍。该通知尚未对外公开。
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此次此前未被报道的拟关闭馆舍行动，是美国在未关联特定地缘政治事件的情况下，罕见地一次性关闭多座海外外交馆舍的案例。
路透社及其他媒体当时报道称，去年年初特朗普政府执政初期，国务院就开始筹备关闭近12座海外外交馆舍，作为这位共和党总统推动美国官僚体系改革整体计划的一部分，以使其完全契合其“美国优先”议程。
白宫管理和预算办公室曾推动更为激进的关闭计划，目标多达30座海外外交馆舍。部分政府官员私下认为，一些小型海外外交馆舍并非必需，且成本效益不佳。
民主党人以及一些前外交政策和国家安全官员认为，削减美国外交存在，再加上解散曾在全球提供数十亿美元援助的美国国际开发署，可能会削弱美国的领导力，并给中国、俄罗斯等对手留下危险的战略真空。
尽管国务院去年确实进行了大规模的官僚体系改革——裁撤了数十个司局和数百名工作人员，但并未关闭任何海外外交馆舍。
周日被问及此事时，国务院发表声明未确认关闭计划，但表示其工作重点是确保美国的外交布局高效且有成效。该部门补充称，其将严格遵循国会通知程序。
美国国务卿马可·卢比奥将削减开支举措称为必要的“瘦身”行动，以精简许多保守派人士眼中臃肿且官僚主义过重的机构。
位于格林纳达圣乔治的美国外交馆舍是大使馆。棉兰、温尼伯和名古屋的馆舍为领事馆，杜阿拉的馆舍则是“大使馆分馆”。领事馆和分馆通常代表美国在外国首都以外地区的利益，而美国大使馆一般设于外国首都。
在前总统乔·拜登政府任期内，美国政府开设了多座海外外交馆舍，全部位于美国与中国争夺影响力的太平洋地区。
尽管中国在杜阿拉和温尼伯没有常设外交机构，但在圣乔治、名古屋和棉兰均有外交存在。
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US State Department to close consulates in Canada, Japan and Indonesia, sources say
2026-08-03T22:35:03.364Z / Reuters
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- Summary
- State Dept planning to close consulates in Japan, Indonesia and elsewhere
- Expected closures represent a rare moment of Washington shrinking its global footprint
- Trump administration last year weighed shutdown of nearly dozen consulates worldwide
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has notified Congress that it plans to close five foreign missions in a rare downsizing of America’s global diplomatic footprint, according to people familiar with the notice.
In the notice sent to some congressional committees late last week, the State Department said it planned to close its posts in St. George’s, Grenada; Nagoya, Japan; Medan, Indonesia; Douala, Cameroon; and Winnipeg, Canada. The people familiar with the notice spoke on the condition of anonymity because the notice was not public.
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The expected closures, which have not been previously reported, represent a rare example of the U.S. closing multiple foreign missions in a downsizing that is not tied to a particular geopolitical event.
Early last year, during the opening months of the Trump administration, the State Department began preparations to shut down nearly a dozen foreign missions, Reuters and other media outlets reported at the time, as part of a broader push by the Republican president to transform the U.S. bureaucracy so that it is fully aligned with his “America First” agenda.
The White House Office of Management and Budget had advocated for an even more ambitious closure program, targeting up to 30 foreign missions. Some administration officials have privately argued that some smaller foreign missions are inessential and not cost effective.
Democrats and some former foreign policy and national security officials argue that cuts to the U.S. diplomatic footprint – coupled with the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which provided billions of dollars worth of aid globally – risks undermining American leadership, while leaving a dangerous vacuum for adversaries like China and Russia to fill.
While the State Department did undergo a broad bureaucratic overhaul last year – cutting dozens of bureaus and hundreds of staff – no foreign missions were shuttered.
Asked for comment on Sunday, the State Department issued a statement that did not confirm the closures but said it was focused on ensuring that the nation’s diplomatic footprint was efficient and effective. The department added that it was committed to following congressional notification procedures.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has portrayed cost-cutting measures as necessary to right-size an organization many conservatives see as bloated and overly bureaucratic.
The U.S. mission in St. George’s, Grenada, is an embassy. The posts in Medan, Winnipeg and Nagoya are consulates, while the post in Douala is an “embassy branch office.” Consulates and branch offices typically represent U.S. interests in regions outside a foreign country’s capital city, where the U.S. embassy is typically located.
During the administration of former President Joe Biden, the U.S. government opened several foreign missions, all of them in the Pacific region, where the U.S. is competing for influence with China.
While China does not have a functioning foreign mission in Douala or Winnipeg, it does have a diplomatic presence in St. George’s, Nagoya and Medan.
Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery; Editing by Stephen Coates
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