MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia does not regard any particular state as a potential enemy, the Chief of the Russian General Staff said Thursday.

"As the chief of the Russian General Staff, I do not regard any particular state as a potential enemy," Colonel General Yury Baluyevsky told a news conference in Moscow.

"We have long stopped preparing for large-scale nuclear and conventional wars," he said.

According to the general, Russian armed forces have been focusing on preparing for local conflicts.

"We will continue to prepare for the defense of our territory, but we will not be preparing for a war on foreign land," Baluyevsky said.