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
Where we have differences right now is over the problem of tactically how to resolve the situation... I believe we will come to the same common strategy again in relation to the Balkans,
We have to stop leaders who are not prepared to look to the future, who continue to look to the past, who are not prepared to look to the 21st century and continue to do terrible things to their people,
We have to see what is the response that the Iranians give us.
We have to provide a roadmap for the Abuja peace process.
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.
We have not been able to reach agreement. A precondition to constructive confidence, which is necessary now, is stopping all uranium enrichment activities.
We are in contact with them and whatever they ask for they will be given, from reserves of oil that different countries have provided, to any other thing that they may need.
You have started your journey and if everything turns out fine, you can end up in Brussels.
We are ready to go to New York if necessary.
We are only at the beginning. I don't exclude sanctions but it depends on the type of sanctions. We certainly don't want to target the Iranian people.
The peace agreement must be seen as a matter of urgency.
Today's message to Baghdad is very clear: the UN Security Council resolution expresses the unity and determination of the entire international community to assume its collective responsibility.
It's good to talk, but their position has to change ... they know how to change, they know what they have to change.