The United States Embassy in Malta is one of ten embassies which are being considered for closure as part of U.S. State Department budget cuts, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

The nine other embassies in question are based in Luxembourg, Lesotho, Eritrea, Grenada, South Sudan, the Maldives, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, and the Gambia.

According to a Reuters report, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration wants to cut the State Department's budget by nearly half, which could result in nearly 30 U.S. missions being shut down, along with cuts to foreign aid. Reuters reported that the proposed cuts are of nearly $30 billion. It added that the internal document showing these indications was first reported by The Washington Post.

Reuters reported that while the State Department is able to request revisions, a U.S. official has said that the final version will likely receive minimal revisions before being submitted to Congress for approval.

While the department can request revisions, one U.S. official said the final version likely will be changed only "a tad" before it is submitted for approval to Congress, where "the chances are high" that some funds will be restored, Reuters said.

Detailing more of the as-of-yet unfinalised plan, Reuters said that the U.S. administration is considering a recommendation to close at least 27 U.S missions, with those missions largely operating in Africa and in Europe. Ten of those missions, including that of Malta, are embassies, while the rest are consulates.

Of the 17 consulates recommended for shutdown, over 12 are based in Europe, while the remainder are the U.S. missions in South Korea's Busan, South Africa's Durban, Indonesia's Medan, and Cameroon's Douala.

The document states that any requests for revisions must be appealed by no later than noon on Tuesday, Reuters reported.