fall and she is the director of the center for russia europe asia studies from pretoria use of armani morocco's ambassador to south africa welcome to the program tom we're all trying to adapt to the new realities following the spread of covert 9000 how has it affected global diplomacy . well in massive ways as with every other industry most diplomacy has been happening online just like this by zune by skype over the last year and a half and coverage knocked out a number of big international conferences that would normally have taken place in 2020 you have to remember that diplomacy is one of the last crafts that depends on that handshake literally your hand of a peace deal and so the last 3 feet that human contact is incredibly important and that's what diplomats have been lacking in the last year terrorists or as tom has just said the hand shakes the photo opportunities the gatherings those were landmark events particularly in places like brussels with nato and european union how has that changed now with cove in 90. i think it's changed dramatically because so much information has not been le