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Islamabad, 28-29 October 2013: The 4th Silk Routes Working Group Meeting is to be held jointly with the final intergovernmental conference of the Silk Routes I project. The meeting will take place at the end of October in Islamabad, Pakistan and will be the first meeting of Budapest Process participating countries since the establishment of A Silk Routes Partnership for Migration on 19 April 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Since the establishment of “A Silk Routes Partnership for Migration” on 19 April 2013 at the 5th Budapest Process Ministerial Conference in Istanbul, ICMPD, as the Budapest Process Secretariat, has been supporting participating countries in developing concrete follow-up actions to implement the Istanbul Ministerial Declaration.

Istanbul, 19 April 2013: The Istanbul Ministerial Declaration on a Silk Routes Partnership for Migration was adopted by the participating countries of the Budapest Process at the 5th Budapest Process Ministerial Conference on Friday, 19 April in Istanbul, Turkey. In addition to launching the declaration, the conference marked the 20th anniversary of the Budapest Process.

Budapest, 4-5 March 2013: Hosted by the Hungarian Ministry of Interior, the third out of four preparatory meetings, held on 4-5 March 2013 in Budapest, marked the final stage of several rounds of intensive discussions on the content of the Istanbul Ministerial Declaration.

Ankara, 10-11 December 2012: The Second Preparatory Meeting for the 5th Budapest Process Ministerial Conference “A Silk Routes Partnership for Migration” was held in Ankara, Turkey, on 10 - 11 December 2012. The meeting gathered 81 participants from 38 countries, the European Commission, as well as 7 agencies and international organisations.

Izmir, 27-28 September 2012: The first out of four preparatory meetings preceding the 5th Budapest Process Ministerial Conference “A Silk Routes Partnership for Migration” was held in Izmir, Turkey on 27 - 28 September 2012.

The Budapest Process recently issued the 'Communication on the Budapest Process Ministerial Conference: A Silk Routes Partnership for Migration' to announce the 5th Ministerial Conference in April 2013.

Tbilisi, 28-29 June 2012: The 3rd Meeting of the Budapest Process Working Group on the Silk Routes Region was held together with the 2nd Intergovernmental Meeting of the Project "Fostering Cooperation in the Area of Migration with and in the Silk Routes Region".