Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
An image has been published with a caption claiming that Donald Trump, the president of the United States of America (USA), during a conversation with the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, has asked the latter that Serbia recognize the independence of Kosovo and implement the 2020 Washington agreement, signed by Kosovo and Serbia.
it Photography was published (June 16) on TikTok by an account named "gp.8".
What is the truth?
Hibrid.info has not found any reports confirming the alleged conversation between President Trump and President Vučić.
As of the time of addressing this claim, this publication has received over 100 comments, some of which suggest that the audience of this post tends to accept the content as true.
Hibrid.info has researched using the "Google" search engine to find possible official reports or announcements that would confirm the conversation between the two leaders mentioned in the content discussed (see here).
The results from the research show that from the moment (20 January) when Trump took office for the second term as president, there were no publications that would announce that he had direct communication with the Serbian president.
Another fact that refutes the claim is a post found by hibrid.info published two days ago by President Trump on the "TruthSocial" platform (see here).
This is the first time he has directly mentioned Kosovo and Serbia since taking over the US presidency (see here).
Trump wrote that, during his first term, Serbia and Kosovo were in a bitter conflict that had lasted for decades, and this long-running conflict was on the verge of erupting into war. He claims that he was the one who stopped it, citing his predecessor Joe Biden, who, according to him, damaged the long-term prospects (in relation to Kosovo and Serbia) with some very wrong decisions. But Trump emphasized that he would fix this issue again, without mentioning that he is for any particular solution and without explaining how.
Analyze:
The claim that Donald Trump has asked President Vučić for Serbia to recognize Kosovo's independence and implement the 2020 Washington agreement is not true.
Hibrid.info has not found any evidence or official reporting to confirm direct communication between Trump and Vucic on this issue.
Trump has also not expressed any particular preference regarding the resolution of the issue, which he considers to have been damaged by President Biden.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
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