Bangkok, March 20 -- Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on March 19 convened an urgent meeting of the Joint Management and Monitoring Centre for the Situation in the Middle East to address fuel shortages reported at petrol stations nationwide.

The meeting brought together representatives from key ministries, including finance, energy, interior, commerce, justice and transport, along with the Budget Bureau, the National Economic and Social Development Council, and executives from oil refineries and fuel distribution companies.

Speaking after the meeting, the Prime Minister said inspections showed that all six domestic refineries were operating at full capacity of 175 million litres per day. Diesel output alone reached 77 million lit...