New Delhi, Feb 14: Sri Lanka’s Navy Chief, Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, feels that cooperation among Indian Ocean Region states is vital to check the threat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

"The (LTTE) is a huge threat to the island nation and if it is not stopped now it can be threat to other countries as well," Vice Admiral Karannagoda said.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) seminar here, he said that the cooperation between the navies of India and Sri Lanka is important for countering the LTTE.

He said that cooperation with India has been "extremely successful in countering the LTTE".