Navy praised India

Sri Lanka Navy has praised India for its help in countering the LTTE, and said the militant group's "backbone has been broken" after the destruction of several rebel vessels.
Co-operation with India has been extremely successful in countering the LTTE. Every year, the Indian Navy with the Indian Coast Guard and the Sri Lankan Navy holds four bilateral discussions.
Navy Chief Wasantha Karannagoda says that the LTTE is not strong enough to sustain its fight against the government for long and that the outfit's naval power was badly weakened after several losses.
The Navy has destroyed almost all LTTE vessels. He said, adding within one year we have destroyed eight floating warehouses, which had carried more than 10,000 tons of war-like material.