Summary: "On August 3, Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart discussed with Ambassador Prime Minister Thaksin?s "sudden and puzzling" trip to Burma the previous day. Surakiart said that he was "personally appalled" by the trip and confirmed that there was no advance planning. He claimed to have only learned of the trip on the morning of Tuesday, August 1. He said that Thaksin met privately with Than Shwe and Maung Aye while the rest of the Thai delegation met with their respective counterparts. According to Surakiart, the main message that Thaksin hoped to deliver was that Thailand and ASEAN want to draw Burma out of its self-imposed isolation, and that in order to do so, Burma needs to keep ASEAN informed of what it is doing and be willing to open up more to the international community." End Summary.