At the end of October 2024, the Internet dispersed that the German Foreign Minister flew to the PRC, but the representatives of the receiving party did not show it demonstratively. We decided to check the reliability of this news.
The humiliation, which was subjected to the head of the German Foreign Ministry in China, was told "Gazeta.ru","Komsomolskaya Truth","Moscow Komsomolets","Evening Moscow" Lenta.ru and other Russian media. The proof provides a 19-second video, in which Berbok leaves the plane at Beijing Airport, but only the driver and airport employees expect her at the ramp. Users of social networks were also shared by the video ("VKontakte" X, Facebook*), Platform blog ("Picabu" Livejournal) and large Telegram channels: ""In fact on the Dnieper"(1.7 million views at the time of writing this analysis),"Direct eFir • News"(732 000),"Gossip"(327 000),"KB"(228 000),"Uncle Glory"(179 000) and others.
“Verified” could not be found in authoritative German, Chinese and international media or on the official resources of the Foreign Ministry of the Federal Republic of Foreign Affairs that Berbok visited China in October 2024. Judging by list her official trips on the website of the German foreign policy, she Was in China Only once - in April 2023. However, the video was definitely not shot during that trip. In particular, on Photos of German media, published on arrival Berbok in China, the minister is dressed differently-not in a dark bordard dress, but in a bright blouse and green trousers. Then the official at the ramp of an airplane Meet Representatives of official Beijing.
The reverse search by the image indicates that the viral video captures the arrival of the head of the German Foreign Ministry not in China in October 2024, but To Malaysia In January. And indeed, if you look Pictures Berobok from that trip and compare them with the frames where she descends along the ladder, it is clear that the same dress is wearing it. People who got into the frame on the analysis also appear in photographs of different photo agencies from Berbok’s trip to Malaysia.
Official representative of the Foreign Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany Sebastian Fisher at a press briefing on October 28, 2024 confirmedThe fact that the viral video was shot at the beginning of the year in Malaysia. He explained that due to unforeseen circumstances, the aircraft then landed at another part of the airport, so Berbok expected the delegation at some distance and did not get on the video.
It was not possible to establish exactly where exactly this video with an incorrect description appeared with an incorrect description, but in Russian, most likely, the first was the post in the Telegram channel "Talking of townsfolk in the kitchen". It was published on October 28 at 04:46 Moscow time and scored only about 700 views. It was not indicated in the post that this is a recent visit - the author simply gave an example of how European officials were met in China. On the same day, the video began to disperse on other Telegram channels, and some of them have already clarified that we are talking about a visit that occurred yesterday, and also called what happened Infuships of the day.
Thus, there was no scandal with the humiliation of Berbok upon arrival in China - at least because it has not visited the PRC for more than a year. The video, which is distributed over the network with an incorrect description, was shot in Malaysia, where those who met still expected the German minister. However, due to the fact that the aircraft for technical reasons landed in the wrong airport zone where it was planned, they did not hit the video where Berbok descends along the ladder.
*The Russian authorities consider Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.
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