Chief: NATO doesn't want to make enemy of Beijing

North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told CNBC in London on Monday that the alliance needs to address the challenges and opportunities posed by an increasingly powerful China, but added that his 29-member defense organization does not want to make an enemy out of Beijing.

He insisted that the military alliance did not want to "create new adversaries".

"As long as NATO allies stand together, we are strong and we are safe. ... We are by far the strongest military power in the world," he said.