China would like to further cement traditional friendship with Estonia, enhance mutual trust, expand two-way cooperation so as to lift the relationship to a new height, Zhang said.

For her part, Kaljulaid said her country pays great importance to the exchanges with China at various levels under the "16+1" cooperation mechanism.

The "16+1" refers to China and the 16 Central and Eastern European countries.

Estonia would like to take the opportunity of the Belt and Road initiative to expand its economic cooperation with China, she said.

Estonia will take the rotating EU presidency in the second half of 2017. Zhang said China firmly supports the European integration and hopes Kaljulaid and her country can exert active influence within the European Union (EU) so as to promote China-EU relations.

Kaljulaid said it is in line with both sides' interests that the EU conducts free trade with more partners. Estonia is committed to forging ahead EU-China ties, she added.

She also expressed her willingness to visit China at an early date and confidence in a brighter future of Estonia-China cooperation.

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