Citing ongoing political changes in Thailand, Malaysia’s energy minister said on Friday that Bangkok has postponed renewing a regional Southeast Asian power trade agreement.

The Lao PDR-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore (LTMS) Project to supply hydropower from Laos via Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia is now expected to be renewed in November, Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister Fadillah Yusof told Reuters.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed by the Constitutional Court in August, with Anutin Charnvirakul appointed the following month.

Malaysia is currently the chair of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Fadillah spoke to Reuters on the sidelines of the bloc’s meeting of energy ministers on Friday.

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