Saim Tahiraj: The Activity of Serbian Intelligence Agencies Requires Increased Attention Along the Border

Security expert Saim Tahiraj has expressed concern over the alleged activities of Serbian intelligence services in Kosovo. According to him, the border area remains one of the spaces where these structures have historically operated.

Tahiraj says that Serbian services have concentrated their activities in border areas and that, through all available means, they have carried out anti-Albanian activities in various directions. He identifies religion as one of the main fields of this engagement, claiming that infiltration into the Islamic religion has been and continues to be an important priority.

According to him, after losing the war and Serbia’s withdrawal from Kosovo, along with its military and police structures, Serbian intelligence agents remained in the country and increased their activity within the Islamic religion. Tahiraj says this engagement has been most evident along the border with Serbia, in the area stretching from Mitrovica, Vushtrri and Podujeva, continuing through Gjilan and as far as Kaçanik, which he describes as one of the most active centers of these agencies.

Referring to the recent protests in Vushtrri and opposition to the construction of a Catholic church, the security expert linked these developments to the alleged activity of Serbian intelligence agencies. He said that the removal of the plaque bearing the names of Saint Florian and Saint Laurus, at the site where the church was planned to be built, should not be viewed as a random event.

Tahiraj claims that the protesters were influenced by emissaries of Political Islam, behind whom, he says, Serbian intelligence agencies stand. He stated that their manipulation was made possible by many years of influence which, in his assessment, has developed into a psychological problem requiring professional treatment by health institutions.

He called on Kosovo’s institutions to take urgent action, using the existing professional structures and swiftly creating additional mechanisms. According to Tahiraj, protesting with the flag of Kosovo, in a secular state whose Constitution guarantees the right to belief and its practice, against the foundation stone of a Catholic church constitutes an absurdity. Equally absurd, he says, is opposing the construction of the church with the red-and-black flag of Gjergj Kastrioti.

In conclusion, Tahiraj described these actions as being incited by people psychologically influenced by emissaries of Political Islam, whom he claims are supported by Serbian intelligence agencies. He called on the security institutions of the Republic of Kosovo to focus their attention on the entire border area with Serbia and Macedonia, with the aim of uncovering agents of the Serbian and Macedonian services, which, according to him, operate in coordination, and preventing their anti-state and anti-national activities.