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<p>The UK welcomes the provision in the Withdrawal Agreement that allows for the future
relationship on foreign and defence policy to become effective during the Implementation
Period.</p><p>In future, our cooperation with the EU on development will be linked
to the external financing instruments established in the next Multiannual Financial
Framework, after the Implementation Period has ended. This will determine how the
EU will finance international development after 2020.</p><p>The UK remains open to
pooling resources with the EU and drawing on our collective expertise to maximise
the combined development impact in areas of our mutual interest. This is why we have
proposed, in the recent White Paper, a Cooperative Accord on development assistance
and international action. Precisely how this relationship will work remains subject
to negotiation.</p><p> </p>
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