Director of SOA in Sarajevo today over alleged wiretapping of Croatia

Director of the Security Intelligence Agency (SOA) Daniel Markić will travel to Sarajevo today, where he is expected to talk with the Director of the Intelligence Security Agency of BiH (OSA) Osman Mehmedagić, confirmed the Patria agency from multiple sources within the BiH Parliament.

From neighboring Croatia, it was previously alleged that OSA, on the orders of the Bosniak member of the Presidency of BiH Bakir Izetbegović, is wiretapping Croatian officials and businessmen.

Such accusations were rejected by the Minister of Security of BiH Dragan Mektić.

- We did not spy, wiretap, or conduct any intelligence activities outside the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The wiretapping affair is a fabricated story, as a response from certain groups that illegally attempted to gain control of important economic capacities within BiH – Mektić stated.

The session of the Executive-Intelligence Committee has already begun in the BiH Parliament building, which is expected to take a stance on the accusations of alleged wiretapping of Croatian officials and businessmen by OSA, reports Patria.

The committee consists of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of BiH Denis Zvizdić and his deputies Mirko Šarović and Vjekoslav Bevanda, and the Director of OSA Osman Mehmedagić has also arrived at the Parliament building.

Following today's meeting of the Executive-Intelligence Committee, reactions from the Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina are also expected.