Antony was responding to a media query on the issue at the margins of the 9th Aero India show here on Wednesday.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry had defended Beijing's decision to take over the Gwadar port operations as it is part of the continued cooperation between the two countries.

A large delegation from China is attending the 9th Aero India show.

Later addressing a press conference Antony asked the Indian Air Force to speed up its inquiry into an incident in Chhattisgarh where its security guards had allegedly abandoned an injured policeman and an armed chopper.

He termed the issue as a an internal family matter of the Central Government and suggested that mountain should not be made out of a mole hill. Antony was responding to a query on the Union Home Secretary RK Singh's letter to his counterpart in Defence Ministry Shashikant Sharma on the issue.