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
Now what we want to do is be able to attack, from the airplanes, their headquarters, their commanders which are underground so that we can stop the tremendous ethnic cleansing which is now taking place on the ground,
NATO stands ready to act and rules out no option,
NATO is resolved to persevere until the violence in Kosovo has ended and a political solution has been reached,
NATO is ready to intervene if the situation requires,
NATO is ready for its new mission -- a mission to bring people back to their homes and to build a lasting and just peace in Kosovo,
NATO is preparing to go further if required to halt the violence and protect the civilian populations (in Kosovo),
Milosevic must comply with all his commitments to NATO,
Madrid will be remembered as the time when North America and Europe came together to shape the course of a new century, ... United by common purpose and shared values, the new alliance stands ready to shape a brighter, more secure future.
Let's look 25 years ahead and imagine that we have said no to Turkey, that it has been a disaster for the Middle East and there are huge oil and energy crises,
Lebanon has not, and will never become a passage for conspiracy against Syria.
No alternative is open but to take military action,
So far we don't have a confirmation about their outcome from the Russian side.
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,
There's no question that Mr. Arafat has to make an effort to control violence and that Mr. Sharon has to comply with the requirements to withdraw from zones A.