BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta said on Thursday elections in the military-ruled kingdom would likely be delayed until 2016, days after military officials ruled out lifting martial law any time soon.

The admission will cause consternation among the kingdom’s international allies who had been pushing for a swift return to democracy following the military’s takeover in May.

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