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BUDAPEST, June 21-- Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Wednesday. Liu said that the main purpose of her visit was to attend the opening ceremony of the third 16+1 Health Ministerial Forum. The forum has been very successful, and will provide new opportunities for health cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries in the future, she added. China is willing to work closely with the Hungarian side to ensure that the summit of China and CEE countries later this year achieve complete success, and that "16+1 cooperation" becomes a new highlight for China and Europe to strengthen strategic link and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, Liu said. Liu said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China and Hungary always respect and support each other, while the political mutual trust has been deepening. President Xi Jinping and the Hungarian prime minister announced to elevate bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership, marking the Sino-Hungarian relations entering into a new historical stage, she said, adding that both countries have been sticking to the road of development in line with their own national conditions. The two sides should strengthen cooperation in the fields of education, science and technology, culture, health care, think tanks, media, youth and sports, to push forward the comprehensive strategic partnership, Liu said. | 
