The Serbian language media outlet "Alo.rs" published an article yesterday (January 19) claiming that Kurti is calling for war in March. As the outlet claims, in the coming weeks they will cause a series of incidents in northern Kosovo to force the Serbian people to react, which would later serve to provoke a wider conflict.
The article is titled, "KURTI WANT WAR IN MARCH! Pristina continues its provocations with only one goal."
The claims of the Serbian daily are related to the statements of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, about reaching an agreement on the license plate issue by March. This statement, this Serbian-language media outlet interprets, without facts, as a reason for Kurti to attack the Serbian people and, as it writes, "to take Serbian land in the north and build police-military bases on those plots."
The claims of the Serbian media do not provide concrete facts and interpret statements in a tendentious manner.
Link to the article published on Alo.rs:
https://www.alo.rs/vesti/politika/716377/kurti-zeli-rat-u-martu/vest
Excerpts from the article published on Alo.rs:
The interim authorities in Pristina, led by Albin Kurti, will in the coming weeks cause a series of incidents in northern Kosovo and Metohija to force the Serbian people to react, which would later serve to provoke a wider conflict.
Kurti has repeatedly reiterated that the issue of so-called Kosovo must be decided by March and that there is no more time to wait.
This article appeared on the front page of the newspaper dated January 19. (here)
The Serbian-language media outlet claims that in the coming weeks, several incidents will be caused in northern Kosovo, to incite a reaction from the Serbian people, which would be used to provoke a wider conflict. However, it does not base this on any concrete facts, but rather by interpreting Kurti's statements that a solution must be found by March.
This media outlet bases this claim on an old statement by Kurti, made on November 23rd of last year. (here)
This media outlet, in addition to using this old statement, through this article also places it in another, fabricated context, by titling it with an unfounded claim, namely Kurti's tendency towards war.
But, in his statement made during the press conference, after the Government meeting on November 23, Kurti spoke about a deadline that, according to him, was set by international mediators for reaching an agreement with Serbia, and he mentioned March of this year.
He had said that the final agreement would be reached by March 2023, referring to the plan envisaged by the EU and the US.
""I didn't write the March 2023 deadline, Brussels wrote it in the invitation. In the Brussels invitation that was ultimately intended to be made public, there is a paragraph where it says that the talks end in March 2023." (here)
Prime Minister Kurti said this in November, after tensions in the north began due to the decision to replace illegal license plates with RKS license plates. So, the statement is about reaching a final agreement between Kosovo and Serbia under EU-US planning, and not planning any conflict as the Serbian-language media claims.
Also, Kurti made this statement about two months ago, which makes it irrelevant to recent developments.
Analyze:
The Serbian-language media outlet “Alo.rs” has published an article claiming that Kurti is calling for war in March. As the outlet claims, in the coming weeks “Pristina will cause a series of incidents in northern Kosovo to force the Serbian people to react, which would later serve to provoke a wider conflict.”
The claims of the Serbian media do not provide concrete facts and interpret statements in a tendentious manner.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info considers these claims to be "conspiracy theories".
Rating:
"Conspiracy theories" are media reports that disseminate a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event, or person, presenting it as part of or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). A characteristic of these reports is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any credible evidence.