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
It is not easy to find those resources but the EU is going to put as much as possible.
Once these conditions are fulfilled, the European Union will stand ready to continue to support the Palestinian economic development and democratic state building.
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.
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.
Steps are urgently needed to improve the visibility, impact and effectiveness
I have repeated my appeal to both sides to exercise maximum restraint and renew their security cooperation on a systematic basis.
So far we don't have a confirmation about their outcome from the Russian side.
I do hope very much (the winners) will be people who look to the future and not to the past,
Peace is more than the end of violence. Peace is more than just a cease-fire,
It is where we can expect to have problems in the coming days, ... Those are the hardest parts, the more complicated parts.
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 there is no question the forces will have to be withdrawn,
On Kosovo, let me be quite clear that NATO will not stand idly by. We will not allow a repeat of the situation of 1991 in Bosnia,
(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.
Without honest political dialogue it will be difficult to overcome the present situation. Therefore our aim is to ... help the development of that political dialogue.