Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo has met with Patrick Pouyanne, the chief executive of TotalEnergies, to discuss the company's stalled $20 billion liquefied natural gas project in the southern African country.

TotalEnergies chief executive was due to convene with Daniel Chapo shortly after early October election, but months of political violence forced a delay

Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo met with Patrick Pouyanne, the chief executive of TotalEnergies, on Monday to discuss several of the company's projects in the southern African country, including a long-delayed $20 billion liquefied natural gas development.

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The setback — first noted by the Financial Times and corroborated by Reuters — follows political instability in Mozambique and the revelation by POLITICO that Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies' natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.