Minister of State for Planning and Science and Technology Ashwani Kumar has said that India will not be bogged down by Beijing's warning against exploring oil in South China Sea. He said in Jalandhar yesterday that

South China sea is the property of the world. Nobody has a unilateral control over it and India is capable enough of safeguarding its interests.

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna had recently said that the South China Sea must be freed from any national interference as it is the property of the world.

India in October last year had inked an agreement with Vietnam to expand and promote oil exploration in South China Sea.