India not downplaying China threat: MoS Raju

Although India's economic ties with China are being reinforced, it will not be at the cost of downplaying possible threat perception, India's junior Defence Minister M M Pallam Raju said in Kolkata on Tuesday.

The two countries recently resumed talks in New Delhi to settle the border dispute along the Himalayan stretch in India's North-east.

Image: Minister of State for defence MM Pallam Raju