Javier Solana Quotations | Page 2

My Chinese friends often use the term 'win-win' -- this helps sum up the prevailing spirit of dialogue and cooperation that I admire with all my heart,

Most forms of external support require interaction with the Palestinian administration.

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

will not tolerate a return to all-out fighting and a policy of repression in Kosovo.

Where we have differences right now is over the problem of tactically how to resolve the situation... I believe we will come to the same common strategy again in relation to the Balkans,

We have to stop leaders who are not prepared to look to the future, who continue to look to the past, who are not prepared to look to the 21st century and continue to do terrible things to their people,

We have to see what is the response that the Iranians give us.

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

We have been talking today on how we can send a message to the people in both communities, the Islamic and European, that we need this not to happen again...We strongly hope that people will be now sensible to understand that.

We will see ethnic cleansing reversed, ... I think it will be before wintertime, no question about that.

Today's message to Baghdad is very clear: the UN Security Council resolution expresses the unity and determination of the entire international community to assume its collective responsibility.

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

We are in contact with them and whatever they ask for they will be given, from reserves of oil that different countries have provided, to any other thing that they may need.

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

We are ready to go to New York if necessary.

We are only at the beginning. I don't exclude sanctions but it depends on the type of sanctions. We certainly don't want to target the Iranian people.

The peace agreement must be seen as a matter of urgency.

We still have points on which we are separated, but we are making progress,

We still don't know the facts. Prosecutors are looking into it, but it's hard to comment.

We are jointly calling on both countries to refrain from further testing and to sign up unconditionally to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,

We want to make sure every member of the board of governors is aware of the importance of the decisions that are going to be taken at the extraordinary meeting.

We want to maintain the strategy at this very moment which is producing results rapidly,

We want to listen to the inspectors, we want to continue working in the framework of the United Nations,

We know that President Milosevic only moves when he is presented with the credible threat of force,

We don't want to go any further at this point.

We have been saying from the very beginning that we will not tolerate any action in Montenegro, ... We will continue to say that and to act if necessary.

We have finished with this charter that has been with us for too long.

We will do it sooner rather than later.

We will continue to support the Palestinian Authority until the new government is formed and on that we are trying to find the necessary resources.

We would like very much to support President Abbas at this period of time. This is what we are going to do today.

We would like very much that (Abbas) will have the capability of appointing a government that goes in the direction that President Mubarak and the EU would like to go.

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.

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

We said very clearly that the withdrawal has to be total; it has to be the end of the occupation.

We think the Russians have an important role to play.

The paper on Iran is a paper of reflection. As you know the situation of Iran today is in the Security Council. It has been a statement by the Presidency of Council last month.

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.

We will continue economic support for the Palestinian Authority. We want to see how the new government is formed. After that we will decide what to do, but we will never abandon the Palestinian people.

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.

The government in Macedonia is committed to move forward in the direction of political reforms and economic reforms and with inter-ethnic relationships so that it can become eventually a member of the European family institutionally.

The government of Sudan should not have anything against the UN.

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.

The other is stagnation. I do not need to spell out what that alternative will mean in detail: You have experienced most of it during the years that followed immediately after the war.

to abandon their isolation and agree, as the Albanians have done, to join the consulting governing bodies of the province which work with the international administration.

Those responsible for this murder must be brought to justice.

to initiate a broader range of air operations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

With him Kosovo has lost a historic leader who devoted his life to protecting and promoting the rights of the people of Kosovo.

We've recognized that this is a mistake, and this is a mistake we regret,

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

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.

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

We have to do the utmost to maintain this relationship.

We are very concerned by the serious deterioration of the security situation in Gaza.

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

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.

We are trying to provide the necessary resources we hope that we will have enough money to support the Palestinian Authority until a new government is formed.

We think it is part of history, this embargo, but we have to find a manner and the moment in which it can be done without any difficulty, any problem.

We think it is part of history, this embargo.

We are analyzing the letter and we will see what is new in the letter. We will respond. We don't want to go any further at this point.

We are very, very, very concerned with the situation.

We are very, very close to the suffering of the families. Whatever the U.S. decides to do we are ready to co-operate with them in the fight against terrorists.

We are going to continue to damage as much as possible those units that are responsible for the criminal acts that have taken place in Kosovo,

We have decided to maintain the activation order,

Be sure we are going to do our utmost for this not to happen again, because we need each other.

Everything is on the table, everything is open.

Every European, every democratic person, has to condemn these people who wanted to interfere with an electoral campaign, producing suffering for hundreds of people, leaving families broken, without any objective.

At this point, we are having very, very, very, very serious difficulties with the Serb party,

Diplomatic initiatives continue, but I think we must continue with the NATO strategy to seek a just end to this conflict,

Elections are the only way civilized countries can express themselves.

Europe will stay engaged in all fields, economically, politically and in the security field.

EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday that member states will be producing a report on East Jerusalem that will be ready for the December 12 (foreign affairs) council meeting. This is not the final document. Work is still ongoing,

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.

The United Nations should continue to be the center of gravity in the post-conflict period.

The risk is very high for a potential catastrophe,

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

It would be very difficult for the help and the money that goes to the Palestinian Authority to continue to flow. The taxpayers in the European Union, members of the Parliament of the European Union, will not be in a position to sustain that type of political activity.

These (election) results may confront us with an entirely new situation which will need to be analyzed.

The situation is not easy ... but I don't doubt that we will find a solution,

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,

The substantive position (of Iran) has not changed.

Russia has its heart divided between its Slav soul and its disgust for (Yugoslav President Slobodan) Milosevic's behavior,

Russia has its heart divided between its Slav soul and its disgust for Milosevic's behavior,

President Milosevic alone has the power to end this, ... He knows, and we know, that he must do so.

Rather than talk about a state of war, we should discuss a state of peace.

Probably on the second of February, I will not be able to answer in the morning. I'll have to probably answer at night.

One alternative for Bosnia-Herzegovina is Europe... It is about creating a better life for all (of the country's) citizens.

One alternative for Bosnia-Herzegovina is Europe. ... It is about creating a better life for all (of the country's) citizens,

No, what we are doing today is a reflection on what may happen if at the end of the day what is going (on) now in the (U.N.) Security Council does fail.

Once these conditions are fulfilled, the European Union will stand ready to continue to support the Palestinian economic development and democratic state building.

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,

The money is simply not coming. To face to all existing threats, we must spend more, spend better and, above all, spend together.

Despite the many difficulties that lie ahead, the elections mark progress towards a transition to a democratic, free and peaceful Iraq.

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

A new agreement will make it much easier for us to realize the full potential of our partnership and will be a strong signal of our mutual commitment to deepening our relationship.

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,

This is a significant step forward for regional and global stability.

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.

This is the first time a border is opened and not controlled by the Israelis. As you can imagine this is a very important step.

This is not the moment to discuss anything. This is moment to transmit and to admit sorrow, to transmit friendship.

This is Palestinian money, which cannot be withheld.