Putin： Russia has no intention of going to war with NATO countries

　　Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, December 17 (Reporter Chen Ting) According to Russian media reports on the 17th, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with a reporter of Russian TV 1 that Russia had no intention of going to war with NATO countries, but NATO artificially created problems.

　　This interview was broadcast on the reporter’s personal social account on the 17th. Putin said that there is no reason for Russia to go to war with NATO. No matter from geopolitical interests or economic and military interests, going to war is not good for Russia. He said that Russia does not want to undermine relations with NATO and intends to develop relations with NATO countries.

　　On December 14th, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the "Annual Inventory" held in the capital Moscow. (Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Yangshe)

　　Putin said that although there are no problems between Russia and NATO countries, NATO "artificially creates problems" because NATO does not want to have Russia as a competitor.

　　In April this year, Finland officially became the 31st member of NATO. Taking Finland as an example, Putin said in an interview that the dispute between Russia and Finland has long been resolved, and there is a "friendliest and most sincere" relationship between Russia and Finland, and there has never been any problem. But with Finland being dragged into NATO, "there will be problems now." Putin warned that Russia will set up the Leningrad Military Region for this purpose.