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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Once these conditions are fulfilled, the European Union will stand ready to continue to support the Palestinian economic development and democratic state building.
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 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.
There is no crisis at all between the European Union and Israel. If there was a crisis, we would not be here.
Once again, the European Union recalls that it is absolutely against terror and that these actions kill the hopes of peace.
(In) the European Union we feel a profound respect yesterday, today and tomorrow and we never had wanted in any case to offend their feelings.
The European Union is here to help. But we are not here in a mediating function.
We have to do the utmost to maintain this relationship.
We are very concerned by the serious deterioration of the security situation in Gaza.