 Welcome to the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 here in Bucharest and Romania. I've got the great pleasure of being joined in the studio today by Her Excellency Ilonda Stepanova, who is the State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport for the Republic of Latvia. Minister, welcome to the studio. Thank you. Thank you for your invitation. My pleasure. Now, perhaps we could talk a little bit about Latvia, and you are in, of course, your responsibilities with regards to the Ministry of Transport. What have been the recent achievements in your ministry? First, I would like to say that Latvia has a high digital economy and society index, and it's also that, of course, there is a part of Ministry of Transport to achieve this. Latvia is a leader in broadband coverage and take-up prepared for the 5G, and we also have very advanced coverage of fast broadband. I also would like to add that we have a very widely used electronic signature system. We have several tools, and it's really after COVID-19, people learned how to use these tools and how convenient they are. And we also have an internal portal where citizens have very quick and convenient access to electronic services provided by state institutions and also for municipalities. Now, you're here at the ITU Plenary Potentiary Conference. Obviously, you're taking the time to be here. We think it's an important event for you, and we very much recognize that. I wanted to ask you, what can ITU do to help support the initiatives and the way forward for Latvia? I would like to say that Latvia highly values this key role of ITU in a global telecommunications society, and actually, we are very proud to be a member of the oldest United Nations agency. And, of course, ITU plays a major role in telecom sector regulations, standardization and also development. And the participation in ITU creates for Latvia a possibility to be in close cooperation in a lot of countries. To be part of this process, it's very important for us. And what are your plans for the future? How do you foresee growth and digital transformation in Latvia? Yes, of course. In the next years, we are going to implement several important infrastructure projects. For example, in previous years, we already realized investment projects to build infrastructure for the middle mile. And at the moment, we are in process to build necessary infrastructure for the last mile. And this will, of course, reduce this digital gap between different regions in Latvia. We also participate in connecting Euro facility digital program. And from this program, we will have some financial support for the large-scale development of 5G corridors. The via Baltic corridor for 5G coverage will be a pilot project within this instrument. Excellent. And finally, I mean, we're coming to the last week here at the ITU Plenty Potentiary Conference. What would you be in the key takeaways? What do you think you'll be taking back with you when you go back to Latvia after this? I think it's very important that a lot of countries can reach the same goal. And at the end, they have the same opinion and have the same ideas, which we will implement in the future. Ilona Stepanova, State Secretary for the Ministry of Transport and Republic of Latvia. Thank you very much, Nif, for being with us in the studio today. Thank you.