Javier Solana Military Quotations

No alternative is open but to take military action,

Any military action is definitely out of the question for us.

It is not in the mind of anybody at this point in time to use military action.

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,

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.

The military authorities of NATO are contemplating all the possibilities so that an embargo can be guaranteed, not only by NATO-friendly countries but also for other things,

in order to achieve it a military threat may be needed.

If the use of military force, or the threat of use of military force, is necessary to bring about a political solution, NATO is prepared to do it,

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.