Javier Solana Quotes
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The solution of this problem is not only military, the solution has to be political.... We are prepared for the possibility of helping with a cease-fire.
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It's not in the mind of anyone at this point in time, the use of military action, no. I hope very much that ... we will find a peaceful solution, a diplomatic solution.
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Checkpoints have been dismantled, and in addition most police and military units normally based elsewhere in Yugoslavia have left Kosovo. The security forces are returning to the level they were at before the present crisis began.
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We are very close. The behavior of the Serbs' party in the conference in Paris has been really appalling.
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I have been working very hard with your leaders and they have been working very hard to reach an agreement, ... grand government coalition.
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NATO stands ready to act, ... We rule out no option to ensure full respect by both sides in Kosovo for the requirements of the international community.
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It is not easy to find those resources but the EU is going to put as much as possible.
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We have to see what is the response that the Iranians give us.
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He was a man of peace, a great friend. He was a man who, after 20 years of war in Lebanon, managed to rebuild it.
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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.
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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.
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The unilateral cease-fire proposed by Yugoslavia and the government of Serbia is clearly insufficient, ... Before a cease-fire can be considered, President Milosevic must meet the demands of the international community.
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No alternative is open but to take military action.
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We would like to see humanitarian aid arriving without difficulty from the European Union ... the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe should be able to enter and play their role.
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What the European Union has decided is that the place where this has to be resolved is in the Security Council.
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One alternative for Bosnia-Herzegovina is Europe. ... It is about creating a better life for all (of the country's) citizens.
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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.
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We are trying to see how we can help to scale down the violence, and the situation of tension, and therefore to return to what is a dream of everybody, to try to negotiate a permanent peace.
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I don't think we have to enter into panic.
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The air campaign is going to continue, ... The Yugoslav government hasn't done anything positive.
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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.
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Russia has its heart divided between its Slav soul and its disgust for (Yugoslav President Slobodan) Milosevic's behavior.
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There is no crisis at all between the European Union and Israel. If there was a crisis, we would not be here.
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To initiate a broader range of air operations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.