On 27 April 2017, officials from Kosovo and Switzerland concluded negotiations with the initialing of a social security agreement. The agreement will be the first of its kind directly between the two countries, although the 1962 agreement between Switzerland and the former Yugoslavia had applied in respect of Kosovo until its application was terminated in 2010. According to a release from the Kosovo Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, the agreement is to be signed in the second part of 2017.