The Sri Lankan army has offically declared victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, popularly known as LTTE, few days back. The country’s President has announced the victory and celebrations are seen all across the Sri Lankan capital for the last few weeks, and is expected to continue for some more time.

The Sri Lankan army has been battling the Tamil terrorists for over 25 years, and in the last one decade alone they have lost over two billion dollars due to the fighting. Till two years back over 40% of the Sri Lankan coastal area was under the control of the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government even gave up the fight and sought peace talks with the LTTE two years back.

But with the global fight against terrorism growing fast, the Sri Lankan Government saw the end of access to sophisticated weapons by LTTE, and went on the offensive. It paid off with total destruction of the LTTE network over the last 15 months and now the entire country is under the government control.

The Sri Lankan government has assured India and the UN that the Tamils will be able to lead a peaceful and prosperous life in Sri Lanka alongwith Sinhalese.