The serene Thai beach resort in Hua Hin is expected to provide an ideal setting for Saturday's meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao to lower temperatures built over recent weeks on border and other issues.
The Singh-Wen meeting on the margins of the ASEAN and East Asia Summits takes place against the backdrop of the war of words between the two neighbours over Arunachal Pradesh.
China regards Arunachal as a disputed territory and objected to Prime Minister's visit to the northeastern state for assembly polls, triggering sharp reaction from India which asserted that the state is an integral part of the country.
"All issues of mutual interest" will figure in the meeting, a senior Indian External Affairs ministry official said.
New Delhi has taken exception to China giving visas to the residents of Jammu and Kashmir on loose sheets, raising suspicion that Beijing does not treat the state as a part of India.
Beijing, on the other hand, is unhappy over India making its visa regime stringent for the expatriates, affecting Chinese workers on business visas the most.
India has given a deadline of October 31 for shifting the business visas to employment visas failing which the expatriates will have to leave the country.
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