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.

French oil company TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné met with Mozambique President Daniel Chapo to discuss a controversial liquified natural gas (LNG) project that has undergone multiple delays, according to Chapo's social media.

An open letter Wednesday signed by 126 non-governmental organizations urged public and private lending institutions to end financing for a Mozambique liquified natural gas facility being built by France's TotalEnergies.

France's TotalEnergies has further delayed its $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique, citing ongoing security concerns, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The LNG project in the restive Cabo Delgado province has been on hold since 2021 when an Islamist insurgency threatened the site.