But perhaps most important of all, we have -- we share common values.

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The economic community we have founded, together with our alliance and the values we hold in common, have served our people for decades and has served us well.

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In different ways, the tragedy in Kosovo has also been a challenge to the allies' declared common values, which have always been viewed with a certain scepticism in places beyond Europe and North America.

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