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<p>The UK will be leaving the EU's common security and defence structures, and our
future relationship with those structures will be as a third country. The UK will
pursue a distinctive, independent, and sovereign foreign and defence policy that meets
British interests and promotes our values. The Political Declaration negotiated with
the EU recognises the shared threats and values of the UK and the EU and provides
a framework for an ambitious, broad, deep and flexible future relationship. There
is value in the UK and EU continuing to work closely together and our future partnership
should offer us both the means to combine efforts to the greatest effect. Such a partnership
must also respect the sovereignty of the UK and the decision-making autonomy of the
EU.</p>
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