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Article: Burma crisis delays natural gas talks.
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- Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2007
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Byline: Yuthana Praiwan
Sep. 28--The crisis in Burma may delay an opportunity for the country to wrap up a deal to sell more natural gas to Thailand, according to Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand.
The Burmese government last week sent a message to Dr Piyasvasti indicating that it wanted to begin negotiations on natural gas purchases from M9 offshore exploration block by the end of the year. But the crisis in Burma has put the deal on hold.Under the government-to-government scheme, he added, Thailand could not risk making large deals when the Burmese regime faces serious trouble.
Burma has been rocked by mass protests with tens of thousands of ...