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 all know what we mean by fighting terrorism. In reality, there is total cooperation between the countries north and south of the Mediterranean against terrorism.
But in order for it to happen there has to be an urgent change of direction to deliver the peace, democracy and other civil liberties that the people of Nepal want and need.
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.
I cannot be very precise, but we are working on some ideas that maybe it is possible to get through.
I can confirm that this strike has taken place,
I do hope very much (the winners) will be people who look to the future and not to the past,
The objective of this exercise is to demonstrate NATO's capability to project power rapidly in the region,
That's possible, but not likely. I don't think this will happen.
It is where we can expect to have problems in the coming days, ... Those are the hardest parts, the more complicated parts.
It's not in the mind of anyone at this point in time, the use of military action, no. I hope very much that ... we will find a peaceful solution, a diplomatic solution.
That is the time in which they have to clarify all these things. If we have not got any sign that they move in that direction it will be very difficult.
They have repeated their arguments but the substantive position has not changed.
They have to think, they have to return to negotiating ? the temperature has to be lowered.
I want to tell them that they have a place, without any doubt, among the family of the European nations.