Dhaka: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there shouldn’t be any visa for birds, air and water.

He made the statement as he renewed his positive notion about working together with Bangladesh to resolve the Teesta water-sharing issue saying that the efforts should be continued keeping the trust unbroken.

‘I believe and I think there shouldn’t be any visa for birds, air and water. For this, water can’t be a political matter...it rather should be based on human values. We’ll have to solve it (Teesta issue) based on human values and we’ll work together in this regard,’ he said.

Modi also said, ‘I’m giving you such a conviction and I also believe this. Efforts should continue and the trust should not be broken. We’ll work staying united,’ he said while delivering his public speech at a function held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the evening.

He said discussions must continue on Teesta since both the countries have gone through Ganga and Brahmaputra.

Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique delivered the welcome address at the public speech hosted by the University.

The function formally began with the singing of national anthems of both the countries.

Referring to the ratification of the recent Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) by India, Modi said the ratification of the LBA is not only a solution to a land dispute or demarcation of land stretching 2-4 kilometres in either way, ‘It is not such understanding, rather it’s such an agreement which connects minds.’

At the beginning of his 63-minute speech, the Indian Prime Minister told his audience in Bengali ‘Kemon Acho….Amra Tomar Sathe Achi, Amra Tomader sathe Niye Cholbo’ (Translating: How’re you? We’re with you…we’ll move ahead taking you with us).

Terming this function as his last one during his two-day tour of Bangladesh, the Indian Prime Minister said, ‘It’s my last programme, but it seems to me that I’m just beginning my tour.’

Lauding the outstanding hospitality extended by the people of Bangladesh, its President, Prime Minister and Ministers, Modi said the way everybody has welcomed him, it looked like it not only belongs to Modi himself rather to the whole of some 125 crore Indians.

About the thoughts and possible criticisms of many about his two-day tour, Modi said in one word that many had earlier thought that Bangladesh and India are staying close, ‘But, now the whole of the world would have to acknowledge that we not only remain close, but are also together.’