Carl Bildt Quotations

should be a very strong signal to all the responsible leaders and all the sides here to rebuild confidence and start making peace.

If we can sort them out, I'm quite certain that the others will seem rather minor,

The absence of change in Serbia is a threat to the stability of this part of Europe.

We must understand that we are at the beginning of the creation of a new European economy in the context of a rapidly changing global economy. The stagnation in some of the central economies isn't the really interesting story at the moment -- the interesting story is the success of the radical reform policies initiated by Estonia a decade ago and recently reinvigorated by Slovakia. Over time, the success of these reforms, and the new growth opportunities they are creating, will influence all the other European economies.

We'll have to take Kosovo from virtually nothing to practically everything in the next few years, and that entails entire administration, the rebuilding, bringing the refugees back.

What we are seeing is ethnic separation still going on,

They know that he was evil. They know that he was bad, ... But they find it difficult to accept that the international community is not, in the same way, dealing with what they consider crimes against Serbs during these horrible wars over the last 10 years.

They need to elect their new leaders, their new leaders for peace. And these new leaders for peace must then come together and set up new governments and new structures.

There is no way out for these people. It is just a matter of time. The international community is firm on this and the international community is not going to give way.

The world opened its door and Karadzic slammed it shut because he fears our cooperation.

I cannot forget that picture of the little girl who, after the grenade fell in the on the market place in Sarajevo in August, turned to her mother and asked where her hands went, only to find out she had also lost her father,

The important thing is not what happens when the first bomb falls but what happens after the last bomb has fallen.

The clock is now ticking toward gradual European Union withdrawal,

All the communities are in favor of peace, but somewhat different versions of peace.