The man who laid down Serbia, Javier Solana: Similars between Catalonia, Kosovo case

In an interview for “Diariodos”, speaking mainly of the Catalan issue, the former Spanish foreign minister, has said that there are historical circumstances that clearly distinguish when it comes to Kosovo and Catalonia.

“Application of drugs that belong to diseases or other problems to solve ours would seem to be a serious error”, Solana said.

Solana, has also talked about the breakup of Yugoslavia, which he found in different positions, originally in the chief of Spanish diplomacy, and then also as the EU High Representative and NATO Secretary General. Solana was in this last post when he ordered Yugoslav war limits to be bombed for Kosovo.

Linking this to the Catatoni case is also mentioned at “Slovenian”, which was a proposal of Catalonian Government Chairman Quim Torra, who has recently been criticised, broadcasts time.net

Below, you can read a piece of Solana's interview.

Is Catalonic Problem Solved? What would you suggest?

It's a serious problem. I believe there are solutions that need to be found in the judicial framework Spain lives with that of the Constitution in 1978, which was voted heavily in Catalon. It won't be easy. It needs time, patience, resonance, and people, so to call them, prudent and wise to negotiate, to develop a sense of the State, and to have the will to work decisively.

At this kind of intersection, would it take a leftist leader, such as Pedro Sánchez, to approach dialogue with all that right requires implementation of Article 155?

I believe that dialogue should never be stopped. It's a ability of democratic societies, that can speak. To try to solve problems, not cause problems. So I also mean there must be some kind of open dialogue. Even at the most complicated moments. I've negotiated many important issues for the international community, such as nuclear weapons in Iran, and never, at the worst of moments, I've never been taken from the negotiating table.

Is Spain's infection possible from the Kosovo effect, is it a distant option or should it be prepared in any case?

It's impossible. They have nothing to do with each other. Historical circumstances are quite different. Applying drugs that belong to sickness or other problems to solve ours would seem a serious mistake.

Like the Slovenian road, right?

I experienced it. I was there. The whole break-up of the former Yugoslavia caught me in the post of Spanish foreign minister and then both as the EU High Representative and NATO Secretary General. They experienced it actively and passively. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone for a model. I would even add: Slovenia's chairman, who was the next president of Yugoslavia (Dnovsek, v.j.), was my friend, spoke Spanish miraculously, had to find the solution to the situation when a regime, the Serb man led by Milosevic, who not only wanted the state to be torn apart but who was willing to use force. There were dead people and unfortunately, the war is not over yet. Bosnia has not been the solution.