UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday called for a dialogue between India and China to ease tensions between the two countries, after reports came in of a new clash along their disputed Himalayan border.

"We hope that through dialogue tension can be dialed down," his Spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said in response to a question at the regular noon briefing at UN Headquarters in New York. The spokesman did not elaborate.

American media reports, citing Indian Army said that a "minor face-off" occurred last week in northern Sikkim, and was "resolved by local commanders as per established protocols", without explaining how it took place.