Iran’s ambassador to Germany Majid Nili has said that lasting security across the world could not be achieved through military bases, arsenals and nuclear weapons, Iran’s IRNA reports.

“The rise in costs and the transfer of military equipment in recent years has once again shown that an arms-driven approach not only fails to bring lasting security but also exposes the world to a new cycle of instability and insecurity,” the media quotes him saying and refers to a new report on a surge in global arms transfer.

“Yet there is another point to consider: the recent acts of aggression by the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran once again revealed a reality: lasting security cannot be built with bombs, nuclear arsenals, and military bases. Instead, history, culture, national cohesion, and, above all, morality and international law are the true pillars of peace and security,” he further said.