 Welcome to the ITU studio at the World's Telecommunication Development Conference, WTDC, here in Cagallid, Rwanda. We're very pleased to be joined in the studio today by Nicola Bellomo, who is the ambassador of the European Union in Rwanda. Ambassador, welcome to the studio. Thank you. I'd like to start off by asking you about the European Commission and what is the European Commission's and especially the directorate general of the international partnerships, Intra, interest in joining here at the WTDC here in Cagallid. And what is your message with regards to partner to connect, which is what has been kicking this WTDC off? Well, connectivity has been at the forefront of the European external action since many years. And since the adoption of our global gateway strategy, we bring it to the next level. And our global gateway is the new connectivity strategy of the European Union to boost smart, clean and safe links, in particular in the digital energy and transport sector. European Union and European Commission is the largest supporter of the ITU and including the ITU-D, which deals with development. And as European Union, we strongly support and advocate for rules-based multilateralism and multistakeholder approach. And we do consider this conference as a unique opportunity to foster new partnerships, new alliances, and to generate an exchange on the importance and erase awareness on the importance of the sustainable digitalisation. And very much in supporting the partner to connect initiative here? It is the largest development assistance provider in the world. The European Union and European Commission is strongly supporting initiatives that aims at coordinating the partners and generating the appropriate level of understanding about the challenges and the opportunities in the digital field. And what is your vision for the future of the International Telecommunication Union ITU? ITU has built a very strong reputation in terms of being both, I would say, a service provider, a centre of excellence at technical level, but also a reliable partner for development partners. We do think and we advocate for an ITU very much focused on its mandate and we see as the immediate priority to bridge the digital divide to connect the unconnected. So the some three billion people that are still, let's say, isolated from the global, let's say, telecommunication and IT village. At the same time, as long as we appreciate the impact that technology can have on the quality and the standards of life of the people, we also say that can be misused and can even harm the people. So it's very important that ITU plays this role especially in its standard setting mandate to really ensure that these standards are safe and are protecting the people and aligned with the human rights and fundamental freedoms. Last but not least, we also strongly advocate for an ITU which is really, as I mentioned before, part of a multi-stakeholder equation. So an ITU is a centre of gravity but very much working with the private sector which, let's say, brings much of the innovation and can bring also a lot of expertise but also with other non-state actors, including civil society, in particular youth organisations and the academia. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you. Excellent. Thank you.