 We're here at the Radio Communication Assembly 2019 in Shamal Sheikh in Egypt and I'm very pleased to be joined on the inaugural day here with the chairman of the conference who is Sergei Pashtouk and Sergei I would like to welcome you very much to the ITU studio. Thank you very much for welcoming me and inviting to this studio for discussion about radio assembly. This radio assembly is very important for the I would say overall people who deals with the research and development in field of radio communication, satellite communication, radio location navigation of course radio astronomers and this this assembly is also important for preparation to the next WRC 19. The World Radio Communication Conference which will come on to in a moment but perhaps I could start off by asking you a little bit about the radio communication assembly maybe you could tell us a little bit about where it's from and and what are the expectations of it? Yeah actually radio communication assembly is hold every four years and the main topic for the discussion at the radio communication assembly is first of all to see and sum up the result of the four years period before that study cycle we call it which make a lot of work in preparing different standard radio standard and radio communication recommendation. This is one element another is that the radio communication assembly appoint chairman and vice chairman for the study groups of radio sectors and of course another issue is that we consider all the results which are prepared by the study groups and to which they do not be able to have a full consensus and full improvement of this recommendation. So these topics are put on the radio communication assembly to resolve them. Now you've been elected as chairman of the conference obviously a very responsible position I wanted to ask you what are some of the challenges that you think you might be facing this week? Yes this week we see I expect main two major issue one of them is dealing with the same radio recommendation which we should consider there is a five of them put on the table and one of them dealing with the IMT channel in arrangement this is the most critical one to get an agreement. So this recommendation I would say became a kind of a standing agenda item for the radio communication assemblies because every assembly consider this topic as a very tough one. Another is our working methods and especially working methods for preparing to the World Radio Conference because radio sector develop a specific report to this conference and how this report is developed very important to met all the interested parties involving in resolving some topics at the conference. Now the radio communication assembly lasts a week the World Radio Communication Conference is a much longer process lasts four weeks how is RA relevant to WRC? Well actually for the conference itself the main input is already prepared it's prepared by the conference preparatory meeting which are based on the result of the study group activities. So in this regard we are not so much adding to the conference except of some element which may be related to the recommendation we should consider for final approval and at this conference it's really there is a four recommendation which are important to the conference and we suppose finally approve this recommendation but for this radio assembly my prediction is that this four recommendation was not very I would say difficult topic and divergent views on them so we hopefully approve them very quickly. At the same time another element dealing with the working method for preparing this report to the radio conference is one of the topic that we will discuss a lot at this assembly because during the last cycle there was some concern raised on the procedural issue on the structuring of this report on the inclusion material to this report. So this is the topic that we will discuss and hopefully agree on the resolution number two which describe all this process. Well we wish you smooth sailing with the resolutions proposals and reports that you're putting together and thank you very much for being with us in the studio and here's to a very successful continuation of the conference. Yes thank you very much for this and I would say let your words about very smooth one will be coming to into reality so this is very very good for the chairman from one side and of course for the overall community which deals with the radio in the world. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you very much.