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
That doesn't make much sense, to have another meeting, if there's nothing new on what they are going to put on the table.
NATO continues to support a political solution which brings an end to the violence in Kosovo,
Let me stress that the use of force will require further decisions
I wish you every success in your new responsibilities, in which you can always count on the full support of the European Union.
road map to get out of the violence.
It clearly proves that diplomacy can win over the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
It is a cruel irony of history that he left at the moment he was most needed, the very moment he was expected to provide leadership in helping to settle the future status of Kosovo.
I think the position now is what we have said, ...which is to have a decision to call for an extraordinary meeting in Vienna of the (IAEA) agency and then to refer the dossier to the Security Council.
I think with those few things, everyone will be happy. It will be good for the Russian administration, for the Russian people, and it would be good for the international community,
It is for the leaders who are concerned to take this decision. We hope that the African Union will decide to move to a U.N. mission.
I found goodwill in everybody -- and understanding -- but also some differences remain, ... I will keep in touch with all leaders. The government of unity is the best instrument to face the political challenge.
Further work continues to be necessary in order to make this possible, including explaining what we plan to do to European public opinion, as well as to our international partners, including the US but also China too.
I don't think we have to enter into panic.
For us, it is fundamental. We cannot cooperate with an organization that won't renounce violence and be able to negotiate with the other side.