contact with you and officials, i mentioned as a coordinator for humanitarian affairs, also rebecca greenspan, we are supporting these efforts with the urging of secretary-general to facilitate discrete exports from ukraine -- facilitate these grain exports from ukraine and facilitate new harvests. i just impacting the immediate region but also impacting sub-saharan africa. until this issue is resolved, it will increase hunger and famine around the world for months to come. we are also pushing back on a lot of disinformation, it is russia who is actively blocking the export of food from ukraine's ports and increasing world hunger. there has been a lot of disinformation about u.s. sanctions causing disruptions that is not the case. we are working with our partners to make sure that the word gets out. as to who and why, these exports of food from ukraine are being blocked and exacerbating hunger around the world. >> i want to get a clearer sense, our -- would you categorize this as negotiations? is this a formal process? are the russians participating in this in any type of good faith? is there