Council of Ministers of BiH to consider Annual National Programme for NATO today

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - At today's session in Sarajevo, the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to consider the Draft Annual National Programme of BiH 2018 – 2019, proposed by the Commission for NATO Integration Process of BiH.

We remind you that the session of the Commission, scheduled for December 20, was not held due to lack of quorum, as members of the Commission from Republika Srpska were not present.

BiH received the green light for the activation of the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in NATO at the meeting of the foreign ministers of the member states of the North Atlantic Alliance in Brussels on December 5.

In addition to this item, the proposed agenda of the Council of Ministers of BiH session also includes information on the situation in the area of migration in BiH in relation to the increased inflow of migrants, and the implementation of the Action Plan of urgent measures to be taken with a focus on illegal migrants and border permeability, primarily with BiH's eastern neighbours, which includes indicators on the number of unaccompanied minors.

The Council of Ministers of BiH is to consider information on the process of translating documents necessary for Bosnia and Herzegovina's accession to the European Union, as well as information on macroeconomic indicators for the period January – October 2018.

It is also foreseen that it will declare on the proposal of the decision on the reallocation of funds from the budget of the Ministry of Communications and Transport of BiH, the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of BiH, the Agency for Identification Documents, Records and Data Exchange of BiH, and the Veterinary Office of BiH to the budget of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH.