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 a willingness on the European side to return to the negotiations. In November, there is another meeting in Vienna with all the heads of the countries that form part of the board of the International (Atomic) Energy Agency.
We hope very much from the Iranian side some movement will take place before that date. If nothing happens, the Iranian government should know what may happen on March 6.
Yesterday people thought it would be a failure. Today they can see that it's a great success.
For a long time there has been a lot of talk but not much action. I think we have to reverse that now.
It is a cruel irony of history that he left at the moment he was most needed, the very moment he was expected to provide leadership in helping to settle the future status of Kosovo.
The U.N. route has to be continued... Europe is not divided on this point.
There is no question that regional responsibility lies on the shoulders of President Milosevic, ... He bears the majority of responsibility.
Therefore, a few moments ago, I instructed Gen. Clark to suspend NATO's air operations against Yugoslavia,
Therefore ... I instructed Gen. Clark to suspend NATO's air operations against Yugoslavia,
The reforms of a Palestinian state is fundamental, ... There will not be global peace in the region unless the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is solved.
The region is going through a very difficult process and I think it would be better to make constructive statements to see if we can cool down the situation.
We hope very much from the Iranian side some movement takes place before that date.
We think it is part of history, this embargo, but we have to find a manner and the moment in which it can be done without any difficulty, any problem.