Thai PM holds tense two-hour talks with economic team on Middle East energy crisis


BANGKOK: On March 16, 2026, at 1.52pm, Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister and Interior Minister, left Government House to carry out his duties as a minister of state on the occasion of the King and Queen’s official visit to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic from March 16-18, 2026.

Reporters attempted to ask about discussions on the domestic energy crisis after today marked the end of the 15-day diesel price freeze at 29.94 baht (US$0.92) per litre, but the prime minister did not respond and immediately got into his car and departed.

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