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 must do better militarily. We cannot afford to waste more opportunities to fulfill our objectives, in particular avoiding a growing trans-Atlantic capability gap.
We must do better militarily, ... We cannot afford to waste more opportunities to fulfill our objectives, in particular avoiding a growing trans-Atlantic capability gap.
This is Palestinian money, which cannot be withheld.
We have received the letter and we will now analyze it. We will see what is new and we will respond. We cannot say much more now and we have not seen much new but it is complicated to analyze,
I cannot be very precise, but we are working on some ideas that maybe it is possible to get through.
For us, it is fundamental. We cannot cooperate with an organization that won't renounce violence and be able to negotiate with the other side.
I think we can say that the parties have agreed on the document on police.
I think we need to give President Konare and the African Union all the support that they need. It is true that sometimes we promise things to the African Union and then we don't give what the promises are. We have to commit ourselves, within our capacities, of course.
I think we will be able to solve the problem. I think that we, all of us, will move only forward.
It is not easy to find those resources but the EU is going to put as much as possible.
It is not in the mind of anybody at this point in time to use military action.
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 there is no question the forces will have to be withdrawn,
I think there is no divide today between the U.S. and Europe as far as the main objectives of Iraq,
We have to provide a roadmap for the Abuja peace process.