Apart from China's posturing at sea, the proposed nuclear deal between India and Japan is expected to figure prominently during talks between the two countries when Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda visits India in the last week of December.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a strong votary of nuclear energy to meet India's growing energy needs, is expected to touch on the issue of negotiations on the nuclear cooperation pact, suspended since the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant crippled by the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, official sources said.