Javier Solana Quotes
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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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This is going to be a long process. It is going to be a process with tensions and complications that will make everybody sometimes have to make painful sacrifices and painful engagements and commitments.
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This report is not true. We are going to continue with the same strategy, the strategy of the air campaign.
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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.
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No alternative is open but to take military action.
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Any attack with hostile intent against NATO verification aircraft will have the greatest consequence.
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The French people have expressed their choice. They have ultimately preferred not to support the Treaty establishing the European Constitution. I evidently respect their choice, but I also regret it an equal measure of sincerity. Europe needs its people, but each one of us also needs her. Europe is, above all, a venture of hope.
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This is the last chance, and I would like to make a call for negotiations in good will to solve this tragedy.
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The position of Russia is the following: Why don't we have an extraordinary meeting (at the UN), debate the situation then go back to Vienna, continue discussions there and wait for the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) board meetings in March.
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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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It is not in the mind of anybody at this point in time to use military action.
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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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Aggression against life and property can only damage the image of a peaceful Islam.
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The military clock is ticking. It can be stopped, of course, if a change in behavior of the Serbian side is produced in a very short period of time.
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I am delighted ... that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has now made a strategic choice to take the path of co-operation.
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Russia has its heart divided between its Slav soul and its disgust for Milosevic's behavior.
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We have to see what is the response that the Iranians give us.
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As far as we are concerned, ... we have finalized all the planning process and we are ready to act. I think that is clear enough.
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The air campaign is going to continue, ... The Yugoslav government hasn't done anything positive.
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This is Palestinian money, which cannot be withheld.
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NATO is resolved to persevere until the violence in Kosovo has ended and a political solution has been reached.
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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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Acting under the authority granted me by the North Atlantic Council, I have accordingly decided to terminate with immediate effect the air campaign, which I suspended on June 10.
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I warmly welcome the statement ... that the Kosovo Liberation Army has complied with its commitment to demilitarize.