Serbian Committee Approves VBA and VOA Reports
The Security Services Oversight Committee held three sessions in one day and approved the reports of the Military Security Agency and the Military Intelligence Agency, finding both acted lawfully.
The National Assembly’s Security Services Oversight Committee held three consecutive sessions, its fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth, on August 31, 2026, reviewing and approving the work report of the Military Security Agency (VBA), the work report of the Military Intelligence Agency (VOA), and the reports submitted by the security services’ inspectors general.
Committee chairman Igor Becic presided over the sessions, which were attended by members Jasmina Karanac, Ugljesa Markovic, Tomislav Jankovic, Darko Jovanovic, Goran Rakic and Aleksandar Ivanovic.
What the committee concluded
Committee members gave a positive assessment of the VBA and VOA work reports as well as the inspector general’s reports. The conclusion issued after the sessions states that the documents “provided a comprehensive and thorough overview of the work, activities and results of the security services” during the reporting period.
The committee found that the Military Security Agency and the Military Intelligence Agency are successfully carrying out the tasks within their mandate and, as the conclusion puts it, “act responsibly in confronting challenges, risks and threats to the security of the Republic of Serbia.”
Drawing on the inspector general’s reports, the committee further found that both services operated in accordance with the law and within their authority during the period under review. Members also pointed to the need for closer coordination between the security services going forward, without specifying what form that coordination should take.
Support for the Defense Ministry
Becic used the sessions to voice full support for security service personnel, as well as for the Defense Ministry’s efforts to strengthen the country’s military capacities.
The Security Services Oversight Committee is a standing body of the National Assembly responsible for parliamentary oversight of the Military Security Agency, the Military Intelligence Agency and other security services. This time, three separate reports, covering the VBA, the VOA and the work of the inspectors general, were reviewed and approved across three separate sessions held on the same day.
