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
At this point, we are having very, very, very, very serious difficulties with the Serb party,
Diplomatic initiatives continue, but I think we must continue with the NATO strategy to seek a just end to this conflict,
We are analyzing the letter and we will see what is new in the letter. We will respond. We don't want to go any further at this point.
We are very, very close to the suffering of the families. Whatever the U.S. decides to do we are ready to co-operate with them in the fight against terrorists.
There's no question that Mr. Arafat has to make an effort to control violence and that Mr. Sharon has to comply with the requirements to withdraw from zones A.
We have been talking today on how we can send a message to the people in both communities, the Islamic and European, that we need this not to happen again...We strongly hope that people will be now sensible to understand that.
We will see ethnic cleansing reversed, ... I think it will be before wintertime, no question about that.
I would like to see that the members of the Security Council recognize that Milosevic is not complying with the previous resolution and that a very clear message has to be given to President Milosevic that he has to stop immediately and comply with the U.N. resolution,
I would like to repeat it: the respect for the people that belong to this land is total. The respect to any religion is total.
I would like to express very clearly that the European Union people do respect the countries of this part of the world and don't want to offend anybody.
I would like to thank the Western diplomats, especially Mr Solana and Mr Robertson, because their contribution truly benefits humanity and us Albanians as well because we are part of the great European family.
My Chinese friends often use the term 'win-win' -- this helps sum up the prevailing spirit of dialogue and cooperation that I admire with all my heart,
Most forms of external support require interaction with the Palestinian administration.
I wish you every success in your new responsibilities, in which you can always count on the full support of the European Union.