Speaking in National Parliament on Tuesday as members prepared for the 7 September 2018 State budget vote, Babo said ongoing paralysis in state funding had left several embassies with “empty bank accounts.”

He said some embassies had been unable to conduct activities because they could not pay operational costs.

"Some of our foreign embassies have no money and we have found they will be evicted,” Babo said.

He pointed to a stalled US$1 million in funding that had failed to reach Timor-Leste’s embassies over past 12 months.

The Minister proposed US$500,000 of the 2018 State Budget to be allocated to foreign embassies.

Timor-Leste has 22 embassies located around the world.