The New York Times: The Trump administration issues a draft executive that proposes a fundamental reform of the American Foreign Ministry

& nbsp; Abolishing almost all of its operations in Africa, closing embassies and consulates throughout the continent.

The newspaper said that the draft also calls for reducing the number of offices at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerned with issues of climate change and refugees, in addition to democracy and human rights issues. Disciplined & quot; For the US Department of State, and & quot; simplifying the performance of tasks & quot; with the limit & quot; fraud and misuse & quot;, according to a copy of the 16 -page draft, which the New York Times obtained/.. The ministry is supposed to make these changes by the first of next October. The plans are that signing the executive order will be accompanied by efforts to lay off professional diplomats, known as external service employees and civil service employees, who are usually working at the Ministry’s headquarters in Washington .. The officials stated that the ministry will begin to put large numbers of employees on a paid vacation and send notifications to the service of the service. For aspiring diplomats, they set new standards for employment, including & quot; compatibility with the President’s vision of foreign policy & quot;

The draft stipulates the necessity of the ministry to expand significantly in the use of artificial intelligence to help formulate documents, and to undertake & quot; policy development and review & quot; And & quot; operational planning & quot;

the newspaper pointed out that the proposed reorganization will lead to the abolition of regional offices that help in setting policies and implementing them in large parts of the world. Much smaller for the special envoys of African affairs, its reports are submitted to the National Security Council at the White House .. The office will focus on a number of issues, including & quot; Coordination of anti -terrorism operations & quot;

The draft also stipulated the closure of all embassies and consulates & quot; Non -Cyn & quot; In sub -Saharan Africa, by the first of October, the document added that diplomats will be sent to Africa in & quot;; The American Embassy in Ottawa. The proposed changes to the US State Department .. A second note determines a proposal to reduce the ministry’s budget by approximately 50% in the next fiscal year .. Another internal memorandum proposes to cancel 10 embassies and 17 consulates. & nbsp;

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