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 are looking with interest at that proposal. It is a proposal in which enrichment would be done outside, in Russia, but at the moment no agreement has been reached between Russia and Iran.
Therefore, a few moments ago, I instructed Gen. Clark to suspend NATO's air operations against Yugoslavia,
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 there is no question the forces will have to be withdrawn,
We think it is part of history, this embargo, but we have to find a manner and the moment in which it can be done without any difficulty, any problem.
This is not the moment to discuss anything. This is moment to transmit and to admit sorrow, to transmit friendship.
We want to maintain the strategy at this very moment which is producing results rapidly,
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 don't think this is the moment to do sanctions, and I do think the sanctions may contribute to the opposite that we want to obtain, which is defusing of the crisis.
In this moment my thoughts go to the many persons he made suffer -- some are still alive, some are dead.
The EU views with serious concern ... Iran's intention to resume suspended nuclear activities. It urges Iran not to take this step ... at a moment when international confidence in the peaceful nature of (Tehran's nuclear) program is far from restored.
Unfortunately, it is highly probable that a weapon went astray and hit civilian buildings,
work together as a strong team for the future of the country.
We're going to continue working politically ... the behavior (of the Russians) is completely unacceptable,
We want to prove to Lebanon our support in establishing strong relations on political and economic levels between Lebanon and the European Union.