NEW DELHI – Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat has said that India isfacing complex and dynamic security challenges along its borders, which area threat to the country’s territorial integrity and internal stability,Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat has said. In a new year message to Armypersonnel, he hailed the collective grit, determination and sacrifices ofthe troops in standing up to the challenges along the borders as well as incombating threats of terrorism.

“We are facing complex and dynamic security challenges along our borderswhich threaten territorial integrity and internal stability of the nation,”Gen. Rawat said.He, however, did not mention about the situation alongIndia’s nearly 4,000- km frontier with China or along the Line of Controlin Jammu and Kashmir.

“Our steadfast resolve to ensure territorial integrity has been evidentfrom the collective grit, determination and sacrifice of our troops whohave stood their ground under the most challenging, inhospitable and mosthostile circumstances,” Gen. Rawat said.

The Indian Army has been firmly dealing with infiltration bids andincidents of unprovoked firing by Pakistani Army along the Line of Control(LoC) in J and K.The Army has also improved its vigilance in several keysectors along the border with China following last year’s Doklam episode.

“All ranks have displayed highest degree of sincerity and commitment whileguarding our frontiers, combating terrorism and insurgency,” the Army Chiefsaid.