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
We want to prove to Lebanon our support in establishing strong relations on political and economic levels between Lebanon and the European Union.
There is a willingness on the European side to return to the negotiations. In November, there is another meeting in Vienna with all the heads of the countries that form part of the board of the International (Atomic) Energy Agency.
Regarding relations with the European Union, all the declarations of the election campaign have been positive.
I wish you every success in your new responsibilities, in which you can always count on the full support of the European Union.
I think there is no divide today between the U.S. and Europe as far as the main objectives of Iraq,
The accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland ... is perhaps the clearest demonstration of the fact that Europe is growing closer together,
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 want to tell them that they have a place, without any doubt, among the family of the European nations.
Once again, the European Union recalls that it is absolutely against terror and that these actions kill the hopes of peace.
Images of burned hopes and destroyed villages recall scenes we had hoped we would never see again, ... Milosevic must know there is no place for his policy in Europe on the eve of the 21st century.
I want to express my personal commitment to continue to strive for a positive contribution of the European Union to lasting peace in the region.
It will mean a better deal for European taxpayers, and for their armed forces. And it is a vital step for ensuring that our defense industries remain globally competitive.
What the European Union has decided is that the place where this has to be resolved is in the Security Council.