Javier Solana Quotes (202 Quotes)

We are very close. The behavior of the Serbs' party in the conference in Paris has been really appalling,

Nothing, and I mean nothing, will be obtained by violent means. It is a mistake to negotiate with the terrorists and we do not recommend it.

The victory of Mr. Kostunica will be a reality.

Just yesterday there were very significant and important demonstrations in Belgrade that are growing and growing in numbers because the very violence of Milosevic's police ... is making more and more people go to the demonstrations,

We are going tomorrow to get very serious on Sudan.

We have only prepared the ground. If it is possible to continue .... it's not clear yet. We have to wait until the speech.

The alliance expects to extend further invitations in the coming years, ... No European democratic country whose admission would fulfill the objectives of the (NATO) treaty will be excluded from consideration.

Ukraine is very profoundly divided. We have to do our utmost so that this country is able to rally together and so that we don't have this profound division. We still have time for a dialogue.

It will be put together without any doubt. I think the a good number of countries will participate.

I very much hope that common sense and intelligence will prevail and an agreement will be reached in the coming days,

We have to provide a roadmap for the Abuja peace process.

I wish you every success in your new responsibilities, in which you can always count on the full support of the European Union.

Those responsible for this murder must be brought to justice.

I am delighted ... that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has now made a strategic choice to take the path of co-operation.

Without honest political dialogue it will be difficult to overcome the present situation. Therefore our aim is to ... help the development of that political dialogue.

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.

to enter into a dialogue of mutual interest before the end of July.

I got the impression from the government that they don't see any basic difficulties in parliament ... Parliament is is recess but people continue to work on the law.

There is no crisis at all between the European Union and Israel. If there was a crisis, we would not be here.

There is a lot of rhetoric the arrival of a new president has contributed as well. National pride is being appealed to and it is very difficult to make the first decision giving way on the nuclear issue. We have to be firm ... and make Iran see that it has taken the wrong decision.

If these conditions are met then we stand ready to continue (to fund the Palestinian Authority ). If they do not change then it will be very difficult.

You have started your journey and if everything turns out fine, you can end up in Brussels.

This report is not true. We are going to continue with the same strategy, the strategy of the air campaign,

What the European Union has decided is that the place where this has to be resolved is in the Security Council.

What frightens me and worries me is that these weeks are taken advantage of for the purpose of conflict rather than for consolidation

They have been a terrorist organization. They have to change their methods and they have to accept that violence is incompatible with democracy.

The EU will be able to carry out the whole range of (these) tasks by 2003, albeit with possible restrictions in terms of scale and deployment time and perhaps a higher level of risk,

Lebanon has not, and will never become a passage for conspiracy against Syria.

Peace in the whole of Sudan is vital, not only for this big country -- the biggest in Africa -- but also for the entire African continent and the Arab world.

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.

We are looking with interest at that proposal. It is a proposal in which enrichment would be done outside, in Russia, but at the moment no agreement has been reached between Russia and Iran.

I think the position now is what we have said, ...which is to have a decision to call for an extraordinary meeting in Vienna of the (IAEA) agency and then to refer the dossier to the Security Council.

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.

NATO takes a decision on its own.

I think in a few days we will be in a position to convey again the situation to the different governments and probably take a decision soon. There is a lot of work to be done.

We hope very much from the Iranian side some movement takes place before that date.

We want to take a decision that is part of a solution, not part of a problem, and therefore it has to be well explained and understood by everybody.

Peace is more than the end of violence. Peace is more than just a cease-fire,

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,

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.

All the political parties have the right to be part of the elections, but there is a certain code of conduct that has to be accepted by everybody. It's very difficult that parties who do not condemn violence ... can be partners for the future.

No more talking of the problems between us. Transatlantic relations are in a good period. The patient is the rest of the world. Global problems would be in a better state if we co-operate.

Aggression against life and property can only damage the image of a peaceful Islam.

The engagement of the EU and China is total. We are going to vote together on the resolution.

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.

What came to my mind yesterday and also today is to see the vacuum that he leaves be filled by people with a sense of responsibility, with a sense of unity, with a sense of generosity for the people of Kosovo.

We have not been able to reach agreement. A precondition to constructive confidence, which is necessary now, is stopping all uranium enrichment activities.

Yesterday people thought it would be a failure. Today they can see that it's a great success.

This announcement is very bad news, but the timing of action by the international community remains that agreed by the UN Security Council.

I warmly welcome the statement ... that the Kosovo Liberation Army has complied with its commitment to demilitarize,