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
There is no crisis at all between the European Union and Israel. If there was a crisis, we would not be here.
But Gaza's not the end of anything. It's the start of a process.
If the situation continues ... we will go the Security Council but we will have to discuss that today.
I have been working very hard with your leaders and they have been working very hard to reach an agreement, ... grand government coalition.
I don't agree with that decision because I don't think by Saturday we will have a new (Palestinian) government.
to enter into a dialogue of mutual interest before the end of July.
If that agreement is not implemented by force on the ground, it will not be effective.
He was a man of peace, a great friend. He was a man who, after 20 years of war in Lebanon, managed to rebuild it.
I am confident that today NATO is not only becoming larger but also stronger, more cohesive and more coherent,
I am confident. Otherwise, I will not be working as I am working.
I am delighted ... that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has now made a strategic choice to take the path of co-operation.
I am delighted in particular that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has now made a strategic choice to take the path of cooperation, and has reaffirmed the central importance of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency in underpinning global security.
to abandon their isolation and agree, as the Albanians have done, to join the consulting governing bodies of the province which work with the international administration.
Those responsible for this murder must be brought to justice.