Izetbegovic's cabinet calls Tanjug out for "fake news"

A day after Bakir Izetbegovic told Deutsche Welle that he hopes Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) will recognize Kosovo, his cabinet issued a statement.

Tanjug said on Tuesday that it was reporting this statement in its entirety, as follows:

"Parts of the interview given by Bakir Izetbegovic, a member of the Presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, to the Germany Deutsche Welle, were carried incorrectly by the Tanjug news agency, taken out of context and in a tendentious manner, distorting the very essence of the statement.

Thus carried information caused a series of inappropriate and exaggerated reactions. Tanjug's editorial office was warned from the cabinet of the BiH Presidency member that the information it carried did not correspond with the truth, which is easily verified by viewing the video interview that is available to the public.

Instead of correcting the...