Speaking at the BRICS leaders' meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "In our own region, terrorism poses a grave threat to peace, security and development. Tragically, the mother-ship of terrorism is a country in India's neighbourhood. Terror modules around the world are linked to this mother-ship," he said without directly naming Pakistan. No immediate reaction was available from Pakistan's foreign ministry. "The growing arc of terrorism today threatens the Middle East, West Asia, Europe and South Asia. Its violent footprints put at risk the security of our citizens and undercuts our efforts aimed at economic growth," said PM Modi, sitting at a circular table with the presidents of Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa. New Delhi’s concerns about cross-border terrorism has been an underlying factor in the ongoing BRICS summit and the various bilateral meetings that India held over the last two days here. Addressing the media, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said that India thanked Russia for “unequivocal condemnation” of terrorism after the September 18 Uri attack that killed nineteen soldiers. Prime Minister Modi, spoke against terrorism in his speech during the 17 th India-Russia summit that was held on Saturday.