MANAGUA: Nicaragua issued Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra a diplomatic passport earlier this year, the authorities in Managua have announced.

President Daniel Ortega had "asked the foreign ministry to accredit him (Thaksin) as an ambassador of Nicaragua on a special mission, in order to facilitate his efforts to bring investments to our country," said a government statement.

The Nicaraguan statement was issued on Wednesday, hours after the Thai authorities said they had revoked Thaksin's passport for having allegedly incited recent deadly anti-government protests.

Thailand said on Thursday it has no extradition agreement with Nicaragua.

"We have diplomatic relations with Nicaragua but no extradition agreement," foreign ministry spokesman Tharit Charungvat told AFP.

Tharit said Thailand had "not yet" issued a formal protest to authorities in Managua.

"Nicaragua can give whatever they want to," Tharit told AFP.

Thai authorities said Wednesday they had cancelled Thaksin's passport after his supporters stormed the venue of an Asian summit at a Thai beach resort on the weekend, forcing it to be cancelled.

"The ministry can cancel or recall a passport if it can prove that a person has caused damage to the country," government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said at the time.

Thaksin was ousted in a military coup in 2006 and lives in exile to avoid a two-year jail term for corruption. He has made a series of speeches to his supporters in Thailand in recent weeks calling for a "revolution".

In a television interview filmed in Dubai before the announcement of the passport cancellation, the billionaire tycoon denied that he had incited violence.