Several Serbian-language media outlets have published an article today (March 18) with statements by the Serbian Foreign Minister, Ivica Dacic, who claims that Albin Kurti's main goal is "the expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo."
Dacic made this statement at today's (March 18) session of the Bureau for Coordination of the Work of Security Services, which was chaired by the Secretary of the National Security Council of Serbia.
Dacic does not provide any facts to support the claim he made.
Link to the article published in several Serbian-language media outlets:
Excerpt from Ivica Dacic's statement:
He added that they discussed the current situation in Serbia, with particular reference to Kosovo and Metohija and the dangers that threaten the Serbian people.
-These dangers come first and foremost from Kurti, whose main idea is not, perhaps verbally it is dialogue, but his main goal is the expulsion of Serbs from Kosova and Metohija. They have only analyzed the situation regarding illegal migration after the visit of the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, as well as all other threats and the situation when it comes to public order and peace in Serbia – said Dacic.
Although he refers to a claim that Prime Minister Albin Kurti intends to expel Serbs from Kosovo, Dacic does not argue it with any fact, which could be any document or other type of evidence.
From what the Serbian Foreign Minister has stated, it is clear that there is a constructed narrative, but without any facts to support it.
The claim that the main goal of official Pristina is "the expulsion of Serbs from their settlements in Kosovo" is part of the disinformation narrative, which is brought by Serbian state officials and media close to the government.
Such claims have been made in the past by the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia and the Committee for Kosovo in the Serbian Parliament, and their leaders, Petar Petković and Milovan Drecun, respectively.
Some of the Serbian claims that are not supported by any facts have been addressed by the staff of hibrid.info. (see here, here, here and here)
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Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic claims that Albin Kurti's main goal is "to expel Serbs from Kosovo."
Dacic does not substantiate the claim made with any fact, which could be any document or other type of evidence.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info considers this claim to be a "conspiracy theory".
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"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.