Spain's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union Javier Solana(L), gives a press conference, joined by Sweden Foreign Office minister Carl Bildt (not in picture) in Stockholm on June 23, 2009, in order to prepare EU presidency on july 1st by Sweden. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

Spain's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union Javier Solana(L), gives a press conference, joined by Sweden Foreign Office minister Carl Bildt (not in picture) in Stockholm on June 23, 2009, in order to prepare EU presidency on july 1st by Sweden.

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  1. European Union foreign affairs chief Javier Solana reacts after a press conference following talks between Iran and six world powers to discuss the Islamic republic's disputed atomic programme on October 1, 2009 in Geneva. World powers and Iran agreed in principle on the export of Iranian uranium to third parties for full enrichment, EU Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana said following crunch nuclear talks.
  2. European Union foreign affairs chief Javier Solana reacts after a press conference following talks between Iran and six world powers to discuss the Islamic republic's disputed atomic programme on October 1, 2009 in Geneva. World powers and Iran agreed in principle on the export of Iranian uranium to third parties for full enrichment, EU Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana said following crunch nuclear talks.
  3. European Union foreign affairs chief Spanish Javier Solana gestures during a press conference following talks between Iran and six world powers to discuss the Islamic republic's disputed atomic programme on October 1, 2009 in Geneva. World powers and Iran agreed in principle on the export of Iranian uranium to third parties for full enrichment, EU Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana said following crunch nuclear talks.
  4. European Union foreign affairs chief Spanish Javier Solana gestures during a press conference following talks between Iran and six world powers to discuss the Islamic republic's disputed atomic programme on October 1, 2009 in Geneva. World powers and Iran agreed in principle on the export of Iranian uranium to third parties for full enrichment, EU Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana said following crunch nuclear talks.
  5. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrives for a media conference after a meeting on nuclear power of Iran in Geneva October 1, 2009. Six world powers met with Iran in Switzerland on Thursday for talks U.S. officials said would need to convince them Tehran was prepared to show it was not hiding plans for a nuclear bomb.
  6. European Union foreign policy Chief Javier Solana, right, sits next to US chief negotiator William Burns, left, at the opening of the Geneva nuclear talks on Iran's atomic programme in Geneva, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. The U.S. and five other world powers began high-stakes talks Thursday with Iran to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities, with a senior U.S. official saying Washington is open to rare one-on-one talks with Iranian diplomats.
  7. European Union foreign policy Chief Javier Solana, right, sits next to US chief negotiator William Burns, left, at the opening of the Geneva nuclear talks on Iran's atomic programme in Geneva, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. The U.S. and five other world powers began high-stakes talks Thursday with Iran to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities, with a senior U.S. official saying Washington is open to rare one-on-one talks with Iranian diplomats.
  8. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, left, stands with Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili, right, at the opening of the Geneva talks between Iran and six world powers to discuss the Islamic republic's disputed atomic programme in Geneva, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. The U.S. and five other world powers began high-stakes talks Thursday with Iran to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities, with a senior U.S. official saying Washington is open to rare one-on-one talks with Iranian diplomats.
  9. From left, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, take part in the E.U.-U.S. Energy Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at the State Department in Washington.
  10. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, second from left, makes remarks during the EU-US Energy Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at the State Department in Washington. From left are, European Council High Representative Javier Solana, Bildt, Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.
  11. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, left, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner, center, and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and take part in a discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
  12. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, left, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner, center, and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and take part in a discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
  13. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, takes part in a discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington with European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, both not pictured, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
  14. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski takes part in a discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, and European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner, both not pictured, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
  15. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (2ndR), Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (R), whoes country holds teh EU rotating presidency welcome Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov (L) and Bulgarian Foreign Minister Rumiana Jeleva during an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 29, 2009 in Brussels. Europe's leaders grapple on Thursday with deadlock on how to fight global warming and the legacy of recession, all the while jockeying for control of arguably the biggest appointment in Brussels' history.
  16. Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip (L) and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet (R) are welcomed by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (2ndL) and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt at an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 29, 2009 in Brussels. Europe's leaders grapple on Thursday with deadlock on how to fight global warming and the legacy of recession, all the while jockeying for control of arguably the biggest appointment in Brussels' history.

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