Today (August 12), the Serbian-language media outlet "Alo.rs" published an article claiming that Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and the leader of Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Bekir Izetbegović "want war against Serbia."
This claim by this Serbian media outlet is built on a misinterpretation of statements by Prime Minister Kurti and the Bosniak leader in BiH, Izetbegovic.
In fact, the statements of these two regional leaders contain concern about inciting a conflict on the part of Serbia, and not coordination for war, as claimed in the article.
Based on verification of the facts, Hibrid.info assesses that the connection made by the Serbian-language media outlet is tendentious, made through distortion of statements, and is considered a conspiracy theory.
Link to the article published on the news agency "Alo.rs":
Excerpt from the article published on "Alo.rs" translated into Albanian:
The Prime Minister of the fake state of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the leader of the Bosniaks in BiH, Bakir Izetbegović, are united in their desire to enter into war with Serbia! While Izetbegović, with warlike declarations, accuses our country of causing unrest in the Balkans, for which, according to him, we must suffer, Kurti is preparing the liquidation of the Serbs in northern Kosovo and Metohija!
Serbia is armed, promotes the "Serbian world", makes strategies that also apply to our territories, will not resolve open issues, does not pay for the water source of the Drina River and gets angry when we tell the truth that all wars and tensions in the Balkans were caused by one country - said Izetbegović.
On the other hand, Serbian security services have received information that Albin Kurti was planning the liquidation of Serbs from northern Kosovo. The leaders of the Serbian List are in danger from Kurti, but also the citizens who erected barricades in protest against Pristina's unilateral moves. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić spoke about the liquidations of Serbs in KIM yesterday, and once again called for peace.
The entire claim of the Serbian media outlet starts from Vučić's statements, citing alleged secret service data. Further, based on this, the author aims to make a connection between the statements of Kurti and Izetbegović. The media outlet in question misinterprets the statements of these two leaders, slandering them and giving them another direction as a threat of war.
Izetbegović, in a statement issued on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the founding of the Municipal Committee of the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), says that Serbia is arming itself and promoting the “Serbian world” (srpski svet), and emphasizes that Serbia is the cause of tensions by not leaving room for the resolution of open issues in the Balkans. (see here)
On the other hand, Albin Kurti in interviews given to "The Republic","Radio Free Europe”And“Reuters"It highlights the fact that there is a possibility of new tensions and conflicts arising."
Analyze:
The article published in the Serbian media outlet "Alo.rs" gives a biased interpretation of the statements of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the leader of the Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bekir Izetbegović, aiming to present them as part of a coordination between these two leaders for a joint war against Serbia. This claim about a coordination between Kurti and Izetbegović to fight the Serbs, made by the author of the article published in the relevant media outlet, is unfounded in any evidence.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses that the Serbian media's claim of coordination between Kurti and Izetbegovic to fight the Serbs as a "conspiracy theory".
Reasoning:
"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.