The Kosovo government has reacted after Prime Minister Albin Kurti fell victim to a fraudulent phone call from two Russian comedians, one of whom pretended to be the Prime Minister of Lithuania.
The Kosovo government does not deny the authenticity of the conversation, saying that according to them, this shows Russia's "obsession" with Kosovo.
Full reaction:
Statement from the Prime Minister's Office regarding the prank call incident
The incident occurred on February 11, shortly after the February 9 elections, at a time when Prime Minister Kurti was receiving numerous congratulatory messages and calls regarding the election results. Due to time constraints, it was not always possible to conduct full verifications of each call.
This unfortunate incident reinforces what we have known for a long time: Russia is obsessed with Kosovo and continues to target our country. During the election campaign for the February 9 parliamentary elections, Sputnik Serbia and Russia Today (RT) published over 60 fake news and disinformation articles, interfering in our democratic process, as documented by the EU Election Observation Mission.
While we regret that Prime Minister Albin Kurti became the target of such a call, this episode reconfirms Prime Minister Kurti's principled and consistent stances on key issues, both in public and private conversations.