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
People in the Muslim world are starting to feel this is a new September 11 against them.
Steps are urgently needed to improve the visibility, impact and effectiveness
I think we can say that the parties have agreed on the document on police.
I think we need to give President Konare and the African Union all the support that they need. It is true that sometimes we promise things to the African Union and then we don't give what the promises are. We have to commit ourselves, within our capacities, of course.
I think we will be able to solve the problem. I think that we, all of us, will move only forward.
It is not easy to find those resources but the EU is going to put as much as possible.
It is not in the mind of anybody at this point in time to use military action.
The air campaign is going to continue, ... The Yugoslav government hasn't done anything positive.
The accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland ... is perhaps the clearest demonstration of the fact that Europe is growing closer together,
I welcome the commitment by North Korea to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs and to return at an early date to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and to IAEA safeguards,
I want to underline that the political process is back on track ... the cease-fire is back on track.
I warmly welcome the statement ... that the Kosovo Liberation Army has complied with its commitment to demilitarize,
I think the most important concern we should have at this moment is the return of the refugees. That should be the most important commitment that the international community should have at this point ... In order to achieve that ... there is no question the forces will have to be withdrawn,
I think there is no divide today between the U.S. and Europe as far as the main objectives of Iraq,