The Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Council of Ministers adopted Tuesday a draft agreement with Serbia on temporary employment of Serbian citizens in BiH and vice-versa.

The Council also adopted a proposal for a security agreement between BiH and Serbia, which will ensure the secrecy of information exchanged between the Serbian and BiH governments. The proposal came from the Ministry of Security, and will next be forwarded to the BiH Presidency.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs, which sponsored the temporary employment agreement, will deliver the document to the BiH Presidency for further procedure. Minister of Civil Affairs Sredoje Novic has been proposed as the signatory of the document on behalf of BiH.

The Council of Ministers also adopted a draft agreement with Slovenia on temporary employment of Slovenian citizens in BiH and vice-versa.

The agreements will regulate the legal hiring of foreign workers, which should help these countries reap the benefits of a mobile workforce, as well as reduce brain drain.

The ministers also adopted a protocol from the talks on the mutual protection of secret information between the BiH Council of Ministers and the Government of Montenegro.