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
The European Union is here to help. But we are not here in a mediating function.
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.
It is for the leaders who are concerned to take this decision. We hope that the African Union will decide to move to a U.N. mission.
Once again, the European Union recalls that it is absolutely against terror and that these actions kill the hopes of peace.
Now we have the most important security presence in the Middle East ever taken by the European Union ... We are entering also the security aspect.
Once these conditions are fulfilled, the European Union will stand ready to continue to support the Palestinian economic development and democratic state building.
I want to express my personal commitment to continue to strive for a positive contribution of the European Union to lasting peace in the region.
I would like to express very clearly that the European Union people do respect the countries of this part of the world and don't want to offend anybody.
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,
Elections are the only way civilized countries can express themselves.
Images of burned hopes and destroyed villages recall scenes we had hoped we would never see again, ... Milosevic must know there is no place for his policy in Europe on the eve of the 21st century.
Rather than talk about a state of war, we should discuss a state of peace.
NATO is ready to intervene if the situation requires,
It will mean a better deal for European taxpayers, and for their armed forces. And it is a vital step for ensuring that our defense industries remain globally competitive.