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Deputy PM and Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow visited Saudi Arabia to improve bilateral relations and seek cooperation on tourism, agriculture and energy.

The diesel price will be capped at Bt30 per litre until the end of May while households using less than 300 units (Bt1,200) per month will continue to get help with electricity bills, according to the government.

In response to the Land Transport Federation of Thailand (LTFT)’s demand that he be sacked for failing to control the price of diesel, Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow said he had considered every proposal from every protest.

Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow said that the National Electronic Vehicles Policy Committee will soon propose EV incentive packages to the Cabinet for approval.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently held an urgent meeting to discuss the new Covid-19 variant that has surfaced in South Africa and to find ways of stopping it from spreading to other countries.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha met with five of his deputies and the Finance and Agriculture and Cooperatives ministers on Tuesday to discuss a solution to the expensive oil price problem.

Phuket will reopen to foreign tourists as scheduled in July, Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow confirmed via Facebook on Tuesday.

Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow said on Tuesday that the Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) will on December 2 consider the policy on exchanging old vehicles for new ones.

In a discussion on Thursday about the ongoing anti-government protests, Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow said this was not the right time for rallies, because the Thai economy has only just started pulling out of the downturn brought on by the Covid-19 outbreak.

Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow said his ministry is in the process of preparing guidelines and criteria related to community power plants and the report should be ready this month.