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
I found goodwill in everybody -- and understanding -- but also some differences remain, ... I will keep in touch with all leaders. The government of unity is the best instrument to face the political challenge.
Where we have differences right now is over the problem of tactically how to resolve the situation... I believe we will come to the same common strategy again in relation to the Balkans,
I think in a few days we will be in a position to convey again the situation to the different governments and probably take a decision soon. There is a lot of work to be done.
I strongly condemn the death of innocent civilians in last night's attack against Gaza.
Nothing, and I mean nothing, will be obtained by violent means. It is a mistake to negotiate with the terrorists and we do not recommend it.
What came to my mind yesterday and also today is to see the vacuum that he leaves be filled by people with a sense of responsibility, with a sense of unity, with a sense of generosity for the people of Kosovo.
Allow me to remind you that neither our patience nor our resources are infinite,
The meetings yesterday proved that we really do have a partnership, which is growing both wider and deeper, ... We do also have some differences. But there is a lot more that unites us than divides us.
We are very, very close to the suffering of the families. Whatever the U.S. decides to do we are ready to co-operate with them in the fight against terrorists.
We are in contact with them and whatever they ask for they will be given, from reserves of oil that different countries have provided, to any other thing that they may need.
I do not have the information - I do not have the competence - to ask the countries how they have handled these questions.
What frightens me and worries me is that these weeks are taken advantage of for the purpose of conflict rather than for consolidation