"You know my interest in going. We're waiting there on that point," Razali told reporters after the talks held on the sidelines of a regional ministerial meeting on this Thai resort island.

Razali said in December that he aimed to make his 12th visit to Myanmar early in the new year, but sources say that so far his overtures have been rebuffed, forcing him to instead travel here to see the minister.

Since Myanmar announced the road map last August, a sceptical international community has been waiting to learn when the first step in the process -- a national convention to draft a new constitution -- will begin.

But Razali said the topic was not broached. "We didn't discuss that. We just exchanged views," he told reporters. "I didn't talk about the details."

However, after talks between Win Aung and his Thai counterpart Surakiart Sathirathai, officials they were confident Myanmar was moving towards reforms and that it gained a "clearer indication" of when the convention would be held.

Thailand has also said it hopes to hold a second round of international talks on Myanmar by mid-year, in anticipation the ruling junta will soon kick off the road map which culminates in "free and fair" elections.

"We feel that since the meeting of the Bangkok process there has been progress," said Thai foreign ministry spokesman Sihasak Phuangk-etkeow, referring to the 12-nation talks held in the Thai capital in December.