New Delhi, Aug 6 - Against the backdrop of Beijing's renewed claims to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, special representatives of India and China will hold two-day talks here beginning Friday to evolve a framework for final settlement of their decades-old boundary dispute.

Chinese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Dai Bingguo will hold in-camera talks with National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan, almost a year after they last met in Beijing in September 2008.

Besides Dai, the Chinese delegation will include vice foreign minister Wu Dawei and officials of the department of boundary and ocean affairs.

The Indian delegation, headed by Narayanan, will comprise Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, a former ambassador to Beijing and officials of the external affairs ministry and the prime minister's office.

Ahead of the meeting, official sources here said the two sides were trying to expeditiously resolve the 'complex' issue and are hoping for progress in the second phase of the three-stage process they agreed to six years ago. The discussions will also include 'regional and other issues of mutual interest'.

The 13th rounds of talks will take place against the backdrop of China's renewed assertions over Arunachal Pradesh, India's northeastern state that is claimed in entirety by both countries.

In March this year, China tried to block a development loan for India at the Manila-based Asian Development Bank on grounds that part of it was meant for Arunachal Pradesh, causing much disquiet in New Delhi.

Over the last year, Beijing has protested the visits by Indian leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pratibha Patil, to Arunachal Pradesh to reassert its territorial claim over the state.