jennifer
01-17-2008, 04:13 AM
NEW DELHI:- A day after Colombo praised the Indian Navy for its help in countering LTTE, India on Wednesday said it was just conducting "coordinated patrolling" with the Sri Lankan Navy along the IMBL (international maritime boundary line) as part of the move to bolster its own coastal security.
"There is no direct support," said Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta. The Indian Navy patrols and guards its own waters in the wake of the ever-increasing threat terrorism from the sea. If this helps Sri Lanka, so be it, he added.
India, of course, is already supplying Sri Lanka with a wide array of military equipment, (http://www.addyoururl.org/index.php?search=equipment)which also includes new low-flying detection radars in addition to the ones given earlier. The process actually began with the transfer of a Sukanya-class offshore patrol vessel in 2002, with the primary aim of countering Pakistan and China's inroads into the island nation...Read... (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_guarding_its_waters_not_Lankas/articleshow/2706328.cms)
"There is no direct support," said Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta. The Indian Navy patrols and guards its own waters in the wake of the ever-increasing threat terrorism from the sea. If this helps Sri Lanka, so be it, he added.
India, of course, is already supplying Sri Lanka with a wide array of military equipment, (http://www.addyoururl.org/index.php?search=equipment)which also includes new low-flying detection radars in addition to the ones given earlier. The process actually began with the transfer of a Sukanya-class offshore patrol vessel in 2002, with the primary aim of countering Pakistan and China's inroads into the island nation...Read... (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_guarding_its_waters_not_Lankas/articleshow/2706328.cms)