New Delhi: India’s External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Friday said South China Sea is the property of whole the world and the region must be freed from any “national interference”.
The Indian minister was commenting over China’s aggressive objections to India’s exploration projects in the South China Sea.
“India maintains that South China Sea is the property of the world… those trade ways must be free from any national interference. It has to be used for increasing trade-related activities among nations which come within the range of the South China Sea,” Krishna said in Bangalore.
The external affairs minister said this fact has been accepted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and by China in their dialogue with ASEAN group of nations. “India subscribes to the theory that these trade ways should be free for trade to prosper,” he said.
China on Thursday asked New Delhi not to get involved in “disputes”. It said the sovereignty of the islands in the region was a major issue and India should not carry out oil exploration till the resolution of the vexed issue. Krishna denied reports of a strained relationship between India and China.
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