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
What the European Union has decided is that the place where this has to be resolved is in the Security Council.
It would be very difficult for the help and the money that goes to the Palestinian Authority to continue to flow. The taxpayers in the European Union, members of the Parliament of the European Union, will not be in a position to sustain that type of political activity.
Europe will stay engaged in all fields, economically, politically and in the security field.
EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday that member states will be producing a report on East Jerusalem that will be ready for the December 12 (foreign affairs) council meeting. This is not the final document. Work is still ongoing,
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.
I wish you every success in your new responsibilities, in which you can always count on the full support of the European Union.
The accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland ... is perhaps the clearest demonstration of the fact that Europe is growing closer together,
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.
Now we have the most important security presence in the Middle East ever taken by the European Union ... We are entering also the security aspect.
Madrid will be remembered as the time when North America and Europe came together to shape the course of a new century, ... United by common purpose and shared values, the new alliance stands ready to shape a brighter, more secure future.
We would like very much that (Abbas) will have the capability of appointing a government that goes in the direction that President Mubarak and the EU would like to go.
We would like to see humanitarian aid arriving without difficulty from the European Union ... the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe should be able to enter and play their role.
The government in Macedonia is committed to move forward in the direction of political reforms and economic reforms and with inter-ethnic relationships so that it can become eventually a member of the European family institutionally.