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Prof. Radojica Lazić, PhD
Faculty of Diplomacy and Security, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

 

THE SECURITY SERVICE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Vol. XLIV, 2/2026, pp. 531–542
https://doi.org/10.29362/ist20veka.2026.2.laz.531-542

 

ABSTRACT/RESUME:

The Security Service of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established in 1984. It was responsible for the security protection of facilities and employees of that Ministry, both in the country and abroad. During this period Yugoslav diplomacy was active on all continents. The extensive diplomatic network in all parts of the world and threats from various intelligence services made those activities even more complex. In the light of the foreign policy activities of the former SFRY and its orientation for Non-Aligned Movement, they gave even more importance to the affairs of security protection. In the researched material concerning this work, and especially through examples from practice in the 1980s, it can be confidently claimed that, together with four other federal services at the time, it formed the important part of the security and intelligence system of the former Yugoslavia. With the disappearance of Socialist Yugoslavia (1992), as well as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2003), some of this Service responsibilities were transferred to other segments of the Serbian security system. Accordingly, based on the law passed in December 2007, it ceased to exist. The available documents found in various collections of the Archives of Yugoslavia was backbone of this article. For a more comprehensive overview of the Security Service, researchers will have to wait for the documentation kept in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia to become available to the public. Only then, in a more in-depth way, will it be possible to study and analyze the scope of its action.

 

KEYWORDS: Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, diplomatic and consular missions, Security Service, intelligence services, security protection

 

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