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Minister of Foreign Affairs Eva-Maria Liimets (Center) reiterated that Estonia prefers to deal with China outside of the 17+1 format, either bilaterally or alongside the European Union. Estonia prefers to have cooperation with China also in the format of 27+1, meaning together with all EU member states, she said at a press conference on Thursday in response to a question about Lithuania s desire to move away from the format. Liimets said Estonia created its principles of international relations 30 years ago and has since continued to keep these in mind when acting on the international stage. For Estonia, we have made our decisions 30 years back when it was possible after our re-independence, that our cooperation and aim in the international arena is to protect our values, we prefer values-based cooperation, she said. ....