Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says the US and Europe appear to be moving towards engaging Burma rather than a policy of sanctions only as a means of encouraging political change in the military-run country.
Mr Abhisit told an audience at Columbia University on Tuesday he believed talks with the country's military leaders were the best way to bring about political change in Burma, improve hu-man rights and stem drug trafficking.
Senior lawmakers from both political parties in the US favour a tough sanctions regime, but the Obama administration is reviewing a policy that top officials acknowledge has not produced results in Burma which has been ruled by military juntas since 1962.
"Engagement is more productive than alienation and isolation," Mr Abhisit said, speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
The US and the European Union, he said, appear to be questioning the "thinking that more and more sanctions" will cause change.
Asean uses a constructive engagement policy with Burma. The grouping has said interference in Burma's domestic affairs and isolation of its military regime will not improve the political situation in the country.
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