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yemen so far thank you very much indeed and for more we can speak now to yemen specialist ibrahim khatami he joins us live via skype from new york thanks for being with us so at this stage it sounds from the saudis that it's a 2 week ceasefire why are they announcing this now aside from the coronavirus suggestion they seem to be implying that's the reason behind it why else would they be doing this now i'm not sure if our guest can harris if you can hear me say. it would be it's llorente to their studio why do you think saudi arabia has announced the ceasefire now. i think this is more of a p.r. move for the public relation a consumption but we know the yemenis don't need just a 2 week sort of cease fire we need to end the war we need to lift the blockade we need to end the crimes that are happening all across the country that a number of endemic splits side that coronavirus and yemen you know that qatar outbreak of there some many other issues that need to be resolved in the country so we did we hope that this 2 weeks cease fire would hold but we know from previous experiences that neith