Addressing the summit of Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa here, he noted that the region stretching from Afghanistan to Africa is "experiencing turbulence and conflict" and "remaining mute spectators to countries being torn up can have grave consequences".
Modi, who is attending the Summit for the first time, said, "I firmly believe that terrorism, in any shape or form, is against humanity. There should be zero tolerance towards terrorism".
He underlined that the "choices we make now will shape the future of not just our countries, but the world at large".
BRICS countries, Modi said, should take a lead in preserving cyber space as a global common good.