Javier Solana
Javier Solana
Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga, KOGFis a Spanish physicist and Socialist politician. After serving in the Spanish government under Felipe Gonzálezand Secretary General of NATO, he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European Union and held these posts from October 1999 until December 2009...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 July 1942
CountrySpain
We want to make sure every member of the board of governors is aware of the importance of the decisions that are going to be taken at the extraordinary meeting.
We want to maintain the strategy at this very moment which is producing results rapidly,
A major figure of Croatia and the Balkans has disappeared. We have to hope that the elections that will now take place in Croatia ... will help Croatia in the direction of a democratic country.
They have been a terrorist organization. They have to change their methods and they have to accept that violence is incompatible with democracy.
They have taken decisions that were absolutely incompatible with the commitments that they have made with the international agency and also to us.
As soon as Gen. Clark has confirmed this withdrawal has begun, I intend to instruct him to suspend NATO air operations,
Allow me to remind you that neither our patience nor our resources are infinite,
According to our information, and our information is good, many army and special police units remain in Kosovo, ... These units must be withdrawn immediately.
This is the last chance, and I would like to make a call for negotiations in good will to solve this tragedy,
Despite the many difficulties that lie ahead, the elections mark progress towards a transition to a democratic, free and peaceful Iraq.
Any military action is definitely out of the question for us.
A new agreement will make it much easier for us to realize the full potential of our partnership and will be a strong signal of our mutual commitment to deepening our relationship.
As far as we are concerned, ... we have finalized all the planning process and we are ready to act. I think that is clear enough,
This is going to be a long process. It is going to be a process with tensions and complications that will make everybody sometimes have to make painful sacrifices and painful engagements and commitments.