Ministry seeks better border dialogue

India is urged to work constructively toward better peace and stability along border areas with China, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday in response to comments by India's army chief of staff.

Chief of Staff General Bipin Rawat said in New Delhi on Friday that the time has come for India to shift the focus to its northern border and that India was capable of handling China's "assertiveness" there.

Rawat was quoted by Press Trust of India as saying that China may be powerful, but India is not a weak nation and won't allow its territory to be intruded upon by any country.