The chair of the parliamentary Home Policy and National Security Committee said on Wednesday there was no immediate danger of war to Croatia and invited the prime minister to inform the public about Croatia's energy and food supplies.

“We endorsed the reports by SOA and VSOA on their work in 2021, with particular attention to the things happening around Croatia and the repercussions of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. It’s important that there is no immediate military or war danger to Croatia and I hope it stays so,” Sinisa Hajdas-Doncic told the press after the committee discussed the reports by the Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA) and the Military Security and Intelligence Agency (VSOA).

He said SOA and VSOA did a very good job and cared about external and cyber security in a satisfactory way.

As for military security, Croatia is a member of NATO, which is also an obligation, and we are absolutely safe, he added.

We can raise the issue of energy and food security, Hajdas-Doncic said.

The premier and the economy minister should clearly tell citizens about Croatia’s reserves of gas, oil, wheat, corn and food in general, and if Croatia can handle further disruptions to world energy and food supply chains and for how long, he added.

Those are the key security issues today, he said, adding that states must fight to be energy sufficient and have alternative food supply routes.

Speaking of the situation in the Balkans, Hajdas-Doncic said there was no major security risk.

We must observe what is happening in Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia, but there is no immediate danger for now and we hope it stays so, he added.

He warned about an increase in cyber attacks, but said the services had developed their systems and could successfully deal with those challenges.

Hajdas-Doncic said it was necessary to invest more in protecting national security data in cyber space, adding that SOA and VSOA are dealing with those challenges.