Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
"1 WEEK DEADLINE, then knockout blow/ Sarrazin talks about weapons brought into the north," is the headline of an article published on Monday (September 9).
The article was published by the medium "ntv.al".
What's wrong with this title?
The title leaves room to imply that Sarrazin has given a deadline for certain issues. However, this is not true. In fact, the title does not even match the content of the article by “ntv.al” itself. Nowhere in the text is the issue of deadlines mentioned.
Link to the article published on the "ntv.al" portal:
The article talks about Sarrazin's statement on the Kosovo Government's justification for blocking some imports from Serbia, using as an argument the issue of security and the eventual ban on the introduction of weapons through these imports. According to the article, Sarrazin said that the number of weapons in northern Kosovo continues to be the same despite the measures. The article mentions that when asked what Prime Minister Albin Kurti says to him in meetings, Sarrazin said that "the Kosovo Government's justification is changing every week."
Excerpt from the "ntv.al" article:
"We take security concerns very seriously, but I have to say that this trade ban is not helping at all in terms of security. I don't understand why some goods are being allowed and some are not. Do you think that weapons cannot be hidden in some raw materials, while in others they cannot?" declared Sarrazin, adding that there is already "more than a year of work" to reach an agreement that is not happening, also due to the fact that, as he said, Kosovo's conditions are "constantly changing".
What did Sarrazin say?
Hibrid.info has searched online for recent statements by Sarrazin. The last public interview found by Sarrazin that is related to the content of the article in question is the one on the “Interaktiv” show on Kohavision on September 5 (see here).
In this interview, Sarrazini has leveled accusations at the Kosovo Government for failing to reach an agreement on the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). He said that he has received a negative response to the request for Kosovo to unblock the entry of Serbian goods. And on the issue of Kosovo's justifications for security and goods issues, Sarrazini said that "the justification is changing every week."
Sarrazin also warned that the possibility of this agreement going forward without Kosovo will be considered, while he did not mention any deadlines.
Part of the interview, in which the question is asked about deadlines (see here):
time: Did you set a deadline? It is my last question in this matter.
Sarrazin: I think more important than the deadline is that if Kosovo doesn't move, the agreement will get worse. Today they have the opportunity to have our security commitments, to lift export bans, to remove UNMIK from the CEFTA bodies...
Analyze:
The media outlet "ntv.al" has used a title that is unrelated to the article about the latest interview of the German envoy for the Western Balkans, Manuel Sarrazin, on the Kosovo issue. "1 WEEK DEADLINE, then knockout blow/ Sarrazin talks about weapons introduced in the north", is the title of the article, which does not mention any given deadlines.
Hibrid.info found Sarrazin's interview. In it, he refused to say whether deadlines have been set for the Kosovo issue in CEFTA.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates this article as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
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