German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (Photo: AFP)

Gabriel said on Sunday that, as in the era of the Cold War, people in Europe are especially endangered by “a renewed nuclear arms race".

He made his appeal after the Pentagon on Friday unveiled the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), a new nuclear arms policy that aims to revamp the US nuclear arsenal and develop new low-yield atomic weapons. The new policy has been denounced by many countries, including Russia and China.